#BAB8BB#BAB8BB

#BAB8BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.005 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8BB
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, 1.26, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 1.79, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.0033 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.005 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3583, 48.3080, 53.8862)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8BB #B9BBB8

analogous

#B8B8BB #BAB8BB #BBB8BA

triadic

#BAB8BB #BBBAB8 #B8BBBA

tetradic

#BAB8BB #BBB8B8 #B9BBB8 #B8BABB

square

#BAB8BB #BBB8B8 #B9BBB8 #B8BABB

split-complementary

#BAB8BB #BABBB8 #B8BBB8

monochromatic

#7D7A7F #9C999D #BAB8BB #D8D7D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BAB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BAB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8BB

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8BB	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.005 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdcf',
    500: '#bab8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8bb;
$custom-light: #cecdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 2.158,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78511,
    "c": 0.00473,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8BB

secondary

#E5E6E5

accent

#8C5A6A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8BB

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

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