#BAB5BC#BAB5BC

#BAB5BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.011 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB5BC
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(283, 5%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(283, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, 3.06, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 4.23, 316.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0081 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.011 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8492, 47.1178, 54.2464)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB5BC #B7BCB5

analogous

#B6B5BC #BAB5BC #BCB5BB

triadic

#BAB5BC #BCBAB5 #B5BCBA

tetradic

#BAB5BC #BCB6B5 #B7BCB5 #B5BBBC

square

#BAB5BC #BCB6B5 #B7BCB5 #B5BBBC

split-complementary

#BAB5BC #BBBCB5 #B5BCB6

monochromatic

#7E7581 #9C959F #BAB5BC #D8D5D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BAB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BAB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB5BC

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB5BC	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.011 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbd0',
    500: '#bab5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab5bc;
$custom-light: #cecbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 4.965,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77929,
    "c": 0.01124,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB5BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8F5767

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB5BC

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

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