#BAB8BE#BAB8BE

#BAB8BE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8BE
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(260, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 1.82, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 3.33, 303.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% 0.0045 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6829, 48.4378, 55.5953)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8BE #BCBEB8

analogous

#B8B9BE #BAB8BE #BDB8BE

triadic

#BAB8BE #BEBAB8 #B8BEBA

tetradic

#BAB8BE #BEB8B9 #BCBEB8 #B8BEBD

square

#BAB8BE #BEB8B9 #BCBEB8 #B8BEBD

split-complementary

#BAB8BE #BEBDB8 #B9BEB8

monochromatic

#7C7883 #9B98A1 #BAB8BE #D9D8DB #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BAB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BAB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8BE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8BE	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdd1',
    500: '#bab8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8be;
$custom-light: #cecdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 4.412,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78602,
    "c": 0.00865,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8BE

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8E577C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8BE

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

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