#BAB6B2#BAB6B2

#BAB6B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.007 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB6B2
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 178)
HSL	hsl(30, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(30, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, 0.68, 2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 2.62, 74.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% 0.0027 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.007 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0124, 47.1096, 48.8326)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB6B2 #B2B6BA

analogous

#BAB2B2 #BAB6B2 #BABAB2

triadic

#BAB6B2 #B2BAB6 #B6B2BA

tetradic

#BAB6B2 #B2BAB2 #B2B6BA #BAB2BA

square

#BAB6B2 #B2BAB2 #B2B6BA #BAB2BA

split-complementary

#BAB6B2 #B2BABA #B2B2BA

monochromatic

#7F7972 #9D9792 #BAB6B2 #D7D5D2 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BAB6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BAB6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB6B2

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB6B2	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)

#B7B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.007 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbc9',
    500: '#bab6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab6b2;
$custom-light: #cecbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77837,
    "c": 0.00723,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB6B2

secondary

#E3E4E5

accent

#738F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB6B2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →