#BAB9BB#BAB9BB

#BAB9BB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.003 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9BB
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(270, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, 0.72, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 1.14, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.0019 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.003 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5668, 48.7249, 53.9557)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9BB #BABBB9

analogous

#B9B9BB #BAB9BB #BBB9BB

triadic

#BAB9BB #BBBAB9 #B9BBBA

tetradic

#BAB9BB #BBB9B9 #BABBB9 #B9BBBB

square

#BAB9BB #BBB9B9 #BABBB9 #B9BBBB

split-complementary

#BAB9BB #BBBBB9 #B9BBB9

monochromatic

#7D7B7F #9B9A9D #BAB9BB #D9D8D9 #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BAB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BAB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9BB

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9BB	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.003 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cececf',
    500: '#bab9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9bb;
$custom-light: #cececf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 1.449,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78716,
    "c": 0.003,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9BB

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8B5A73

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9BB

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

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