#BAB4BA#BAB4BA

#BAB4BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4BA
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, 3.22, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 3.96, 324.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0089 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4325, 46.6270, 53.0513)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4BA #B4BAB4

analogous

#B7B4BA #BAB4BA #BAB4B7

triadic

#BAB4BA #BABAB4 #B4BABA

tetradic

#BAB4BA #BAB7B4 #B4BAB4 #B4B7BA

square

#BAB4BA #BAB7B4 #B4BAB4 #B4B7BA

split-complementary

#BAB4BA #B7BAB4 #B4BAB7

monochromatic

#7F757F #9D949D #BAB4BA #D7D4D7 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BAB4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BAB4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4BA

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4BA	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecace',
    500: '#bab4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4ba;
$custom-light: #cecace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77665,
    "c": 0.01073,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4BA

secondary

#E4E6E4

accent

#8E5757

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4BA

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

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