#BAB3BC#BAB3BC

#BAB3BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.015 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB3BC
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 6%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(287, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, 4.14, -3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 5.54, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0111 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.015 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4454, 46.3103, 54.1118)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB3BC #B5BCB3

analogous

#B6B3BC #BAB3BC #BCB3BA

triadic

#BAB3BC #BCBAB3 #B3BCBA

tetradic

#BAB3BC #BCB6B3 #B5BCB3 #B3BABC

square

#BAB3BC #BCB6B3 #B5BCB3 #B3BABC

split-complementary

#BAB3BC #BABCB3 #B3BCB6

monochromatic

#7F7382 #9C929F #BAB3BC #D8D4D9 #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BAB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BAB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB3BC

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB3BC	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.015 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d0',
    500: '#bab3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab3bc;
$custom-light: #cec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 6.294,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77523,
    "c": 0.01479,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB3BC

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#905562

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB3BC

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

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