#BAB9BC#BAB9BC

#BAB9BC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.004 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9BC
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(260, 2%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(260, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 0.91, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 1.66, 303.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% 0.0023 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.004 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6742, 48.7679, 54.5214)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9BC #BBBCB9

analogous

#B9B9BC #BAB9BC #BBB9BC

triadic

#BAB9BC #BCBAB9 #B9BCBA

tetradic

#BAB9BC #BCB9B9 #BBBCB9 #B9BCBB

square

#BAB9BC #BCB9B9 #BBBCB9 #B9BCBB

split-complementary

#BAB9BC #BCBBB9 #B9BCB9

monochromatic

#7C7B80 #9B9A9E #BAB9BC #D9D8DA #F0EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BAB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BAB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9BC

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9BC	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)

#B9B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.004 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceced0',
    500: '#bab9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9bc;
$custom-light: #ceced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 2.19,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78746,
    "c": 0.00432,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9BC

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8C5A7B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9BC

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

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