#BAB8BA#BAB8BA

#BAB8BA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.004 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8BA
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 1.07, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 1.32, 324.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0029 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.004 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2517, 48.2653, 53.3244)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8BA #B8BAB8

analogous

#B9B8BA #BAB8BA #BAB8B9

triadic

#BAB8BA #BABAB8 #B8BABA

tetradic

#BAB8BA #BAB9B8 #B8BAB8 #B8B9BA

square

#BAB8BA #BAB9B8 #B8BAB8 #B8B9BA

split-complementary

#BAB8BA #B9BAB8 #B8BAB9

monochromatic

#7E7A7E #9C999C #BAB8BA #D8D7D8 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BAB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BAB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8BA

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8BA	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.004 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdce',
    500: '#bab8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8ba;
$custom-light: #cecdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78481,
    "c": 0.00356,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8BA

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8B5A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8BA

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

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