#BAB4B8#BAB4B8

#BAB4B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.009 H 337.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4B8
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(320, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(320, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, 2.85, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 3.13, 335.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% 0.0081 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.009 337.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2214, 46.5425, 51.9394)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4B8 #B4BAB6

analogous

#B9B4BA #BAB4B8 #BAB4B5

triadic

#BAB4B8 #B8BAB4 #B4B8BA

tetradic

#BAB4B8 #BAB9B4 #B4BAB6 #B4B5BA

square

#BAB4B8 #BAB9B4 #B4BAB6 #B4B5BA

split-complementary

#BAB4B8 #B5BAB4 #B4BAB9

monochromatic

#7F757B #9D949A #BAB4B8 #D7D4D6 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BAB4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BAB4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4B8

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4B8	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.009 337.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecacd',
    500: '#bab4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4b8;
$custom-light: #cecacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77604,
    "c": 0.00875,
    "h": 337.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4B8

secondary

#E4E6E5

accent

#8E6A57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4B8

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

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