#BAB4B4#BAB4B4

#BAB4B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4B4
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 180)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, 2.12, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 2.25, 19.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0065 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8080, 46.3772, 49.7623)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4B4 #B4BABA

analogous

#BAB4B7 #BAB4B4 #BAB7B4

triadic

#BAB4B4 #B4BAB4 #B4B4BA

tetradic

#BAB4B4 #B7BAB4 #B4BABA #B7B4BA

square

#BAB4B4 #B7BAB4 #B4BABA #B7B4BA

split-complementary

#BAB4B4 #B4BAB7 #B4B7BA

monochromatic

#7F7575 #9D9494 #BAB4B4 #D7D4D4 #F0EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BAB4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BAB4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4B4

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4B4	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecaca',
    500: '#bab4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4b4;
$custom-light: #cecaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77485,
    "c": 0.00683,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4B4

secondary

#E4E6E6

accent

#8E8E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4B4

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

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