#BAB6BE#BAB6BE

#BAB6BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.012 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB6BE
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(270, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, 2.90, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 4.58, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% 0.0074 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.012 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2703, 47.6128, 55.4578)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB6BE #BABEB6

analogous

#B6B6BE #BAB6BE #BEB6BE

triadic

#BAB6BE #BEBAB6 #B6BEBA

tetradic

#BAB6BE #BEB6B6 #BABEB6 #B6BEBE

square

#BAB6BE #BEB6B6 #BABEB6 #B6BEBE

split-complementary

#BAB6BE #BEBEB6 #B6BEB6

monochromatic

#7D7684 #9B96A1 #BAB6BE #D9D6DB #F0EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BAB6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BAB6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB6BE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB6BE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.012 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbd1',
    500: '#bab6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab6be;
$custom-light: #cecbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 5.797,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78194,
    "c": 0.01201,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB6BE

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#905673

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB6BE

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

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