#BAB2BD#BAB2BD

#BAB2BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.018 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2BD
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(284, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, 4.87, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 6.68, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.013 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.018 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3539, 45.9542, 54.6150)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2BD #B5BDB2

analogous

#B5B2BD #BAB2BD #BDB2BB

triadic

#BAB2BD #BDBAB2 #B2BDBA

tetradic

#BAB2BD #BDB5B2 #B5BDB2 #B2BBBD

square

#BAB2BD #BDB5B2 #B5BDB2 #B2BBBD

split-complementary

#BAB2BD #BBBDB2 #B2BDB5

monochromatic

#7F7184 #9C91A1 #BAB2BD #D8D3D9 #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BAB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BAB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2BD

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2BD	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.018 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d0',
    500: '#bab2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2bd;
$custom-light: #cec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77352,
    "c": 0.01777,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2BD

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#925465

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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