#BAB8B4#BAB8B4

#BAB8B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.006 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8B4
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(40, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -0.03, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 2.28, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0006 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.006 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6272, 48.0155, 50.0354)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8B4 #B4B6BA

analogous

#BAB5B4 #BAB8B4 #B9BAB4

triadic

#BAB8B4 #B4BAB8 #B8B4BA

tetradic

#BAB8B4 #B4BAB5 #B4B6BA #BAB4B9

square

#BAB8B4 #B4BAB5 #B4B6BA #BAB4B9

split-complementary

#BAB8B4 #B4B9BA #B5B4BA

monochromatic

#7F7B75 #9D9A94 #BAB8B4 #D7D6D4 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BAB8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BAB8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8B4

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8B4	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.006 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdca',
    500: '#bab8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8b4;
$custom-light: #cecdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78306,
    "c": 0.00604,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8B4

secondary

#E4E5E6

accent

#6A8E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8B4

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

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