#BAB4BF#BAB4BF

#BAB4BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.017 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4BF
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(273, 8%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 4.17, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 6.37, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% 0.0108 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.017 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9734, 46.8433, 55.8998)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4BF #B9BFB4

analogous

#B4B4BF #BAB4BF #BFB4BF

triadic

#BAB4BF #BFBAB4 #B4BFBA

tetradic

#BAB4BF #BFB4B4 #B9BFB4 #B4BFBF

square

#BAB4BF #BFB4B4 #B9BFB4 #B4BFBF

split-complementary

#BAB4BF #BFBFB4 #B4BFB4

monochromatic

#7D7286 #9C93A3 #BAB4BF #D8D5DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BAB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BAB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4BF

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4BF	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.017 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecad2',
    500: '#bab4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4bf;
$custom-light: #cecad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 7.914,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77819,
    "c": 0.01675,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#925470

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4BF

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

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