#BAB8BF#BAB8BF

#BAB8BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.010 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8BF
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(257, 5%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(257, 4%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, 2.01, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 3.86, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% 0.0049 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.01 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7925, 48.4817, 56.1729)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8BF #BDBFB8

analogous

#B8B9BF #BAB8BF #BDB8BF

triadic

#BAB8BF #BFBAB8 #B8BFBA

tetradic

#BAB8BF #BFB8B9 #BDBFB8 #B8BFBD

square

#BAB8BF #BFB8B9 #BDBFB8 #B8BFBD

split-complementary

#BAB8BF #BFBDB8 #B9BFB8

monochromatic

#7B7885 #9B98A2 #BAB8BF #D9D8DC #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BAB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BAB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8BF

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8BF	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.010 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecdd2',
    500: '#bab8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8bf;
$custom-light: #cecdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 5.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78633,
    "c": 0.01001,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8BF

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8F567F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8BF

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

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