#BAB5BB#BAB5BB

#BAB5BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.010 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB5BB
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(290, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(290, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, 2.87, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 3.75, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% 0.0078 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.01 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7418, 47.0748, 53.6807)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB5BB #B6BBB5

analogous

#B7B5BB #BAB5BB #BBB5B9

triadic

#BAB5BB #BBBAB5 #B5BBBA

tetradic

#BAB5BB #BBB7B5 #B6BBB5 #B5B9BB

square

#BAB5BB #BBB7B5 #B6BBB5 #B5B9BB

split-complementary

#BAB5BB #B9BBB5 #B5BBB7

monochromatic

#7E7680 #9C959E #BAB5BB #D8D5D8 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BAB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BAB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB5BB

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB5BB	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.010 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbcf',
    500: '#bab5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab5bb;
$custom-light: #cecbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 4.225,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77899,
    "c": 0.01005,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB5BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E5761

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB5BB

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

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