#BAB8BC#BAB8BC

#BAB8BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.006 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8BC
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, 1.45, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 2.29, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0037 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.006 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4658, 48.3510, 54.4520)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8BC #BABCB8

analogous

#B8B8BC #BAB8BC #BCB8BC

triadic

#BAB8BC #BCBAB8 #B8BCBA

tetradic

#BAB8BC #BCB8B8 #BABCB8 #B8BCBC

square

#BAB8BC #BCB8B8 #BABCB8 #B8BCBC

split-complementary

#BAB8BC #BCBCB8 #B8BCB8

monochromatic

#7D7980 #9B999E #BAB8BC #D9D7DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BAB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BAB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8BC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8BC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.006 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdd0',
    500: '#bab8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8bc;
$custom-light: #cecdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.899,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78541,
    "c": 0.00599,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8BC

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8D5973

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8BC

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

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