#BAB6BC#BAB6BC

#BAB6BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.009 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB6BC
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, 2.52, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 3.58, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% 0.0067 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.009 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0533, 47.5259, 54.3144)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB6BC #B8BCB6

analogous

#B7B6BC #BAB6BC #BCB6BB

triadic

#BAB6BC #BCBAB6 #B6BCBA

tetradic

#BAB6BC #BCB7B6 #B8BCB6 #B6BBBC

square

#BAB6BC #BCB7B6 #B8BCB6 #B6BBBC

split-complementary

#BAB6BC #BBBCB6 #B6BCB7

monochromatic

#7E7681 #9C969F #BAB6BC #D8D6D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BAB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BAB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB6BC

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB6BC	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.009 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbd0',
    500: '#bab6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab6bc;
$custom-light: #cecbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 4.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78133,
    "c": 0.00948,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB6BC

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8E576A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB6BC

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

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