#BAB3BD#BAB3BD

#BAB3BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.016 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB3BD
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(282, 7%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(282, 5%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, 4.33, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 6.03, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.0115 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.016 316)
XYZ	xyz(45.5536, 46.3536, 54.6815)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB3BD #B6BDB3

analogous

#B5B3BD #BAB3BD #BDB3BB

triadic

#BAB3BD #BDBAB3 #B3BDBA

tetradic

#BAB3BD #BDB5B3 #B6BDB3 #B3BBBD

square

#BAB3BD #BDB5B3 #B6BDB3 #B3BBBD

split-complementary

#BAB3BD #BBBDB3 #B3BDB5

monochromatic

#7E7283 #9C92A1 #BAB3BD #D8D4D9 #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BAB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BAB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB3BD

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB3BD	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.016 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d0',
    500: '#bab3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab3bd;
$custom-light: #cec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77554,
    "c": 0.016,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.46353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB3BD

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#915567

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB3BD

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

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