#BAB8B2#BAB8B2

#BAB8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8B2
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(45, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -0.39, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 3.31, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0002 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4249, 47.9346, 48.9701)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8B2 #B2B4BA

analogous

#BAB4B2 #BAB8B2 #B8BAB2

triadic

#BAB8B2 #B2BAB8 #B8B2BA

tetradic

#BAB8B2 #B2BAB4 #B2B4BA #BAB2B8

square

#BAB8B2 #B2BAB4 #B2B4BA #BAB2B8

split-complementary

#BAB8B2 #B2B8BA #B4B2BA

monochromatic

#7F7C72 #9D9A92 #BAB8B2 #D7D6D2 #F1F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BAB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BAB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8B2

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8B2	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdc9',
    500: '#bab8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8b2;
$custom-light: #cecdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78249,
    "c": 0.00867,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8B2

secondary

#E3E3E5

accent

#648F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8B2

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

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