#BAB5BF#BAB5BF

#BAB5BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.015 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB5BF
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(270, 7%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 5%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, 3.63, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 5.73, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% 0.0093 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.015 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1760, 47.2485, 55.9673)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB5BF #BABFB5

analogous

#B5B5BF #BAB5BF #BFB5BF

triadic

#BAB5BF #BFBAB5 #B5BFBA

tetradic

#BAB5BF #BFB5B5 #BABFB5 #B5BFBF

square

#BAB5BF #BFB5B5 #BABFB5 #B5BFBF

split-complementary

#BAB5BF #BFBFB5 #B5BFB5

monochromatic

#7D7486 #9B94A3 #BAB5BF #D9D6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BAB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BAB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB5BF

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB5BF	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.015 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbd2',
    500: '#bab5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab5bf;
$custom-light: #cecbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 7.246,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78022,
    "c": 0.01502,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB5BF

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#915473

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB5BF

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

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