#BAB4B2#BAB4B2

#BAB4B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.007 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4B2
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(15, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(15, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, 1.76, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 2.50, 45.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% 0.0057 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.007 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6057, 46.2963, 48.6970)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4B2 #B2B8BA

analogous

#BAB2B4 #BAB4B2 #BAB8B2

triadic

#BAB4B2 #B2BAB4 #B4B2BA

tetradic

#BAB4B2 #B4BAB2 #B2B8BA #B8B2BA

square

#BAB4B2 #B4BAB2 #B2B8BA #B8B2BA

split-complementary

#BAB4B2 #B2BAB8 #B2B4BA

monochromatic

#7F7572 #9D9592 #BAB4B2 #D7D3D2 #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BAB4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BAB4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4B2

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4B2	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)

#B5B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.007 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecac9',
    500: '#bab4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4b2;
$custom-light: #cecac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77427,
    "c": 0.00742,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4B2

secondary

#E3E4E5

accent

#818F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4B2

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

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