#BAB9BD#BAB9BD

#BAB9BD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.006 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9BD
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(255, 3%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(255, 2%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, 1.10, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 2.19, 300.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% 0.0026 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.006 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7824, 48.8111, 55.0911)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9BD #BCBDB9

analogous

#B9BABD #BAB9BD #BCB9BD

triadic

#BAB9BD #BDBAB9 #B9BDBA

tetradic

#BAB9BD #BDB9BA #BCBDB9 #B9BDBC

square

#BAB9BD #BDB9BA #BCBDB9 #B9BDBC

split-complementary

#BAB9BD #BDBCB9 #BABDB9

monochromatic

#7C7A81 #9B999F #BAB9BD #D9D8DB #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BAB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BAB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9BD

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9BD	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.006 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceced0',
    500: '#bab9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9bd;
$custom-light: #ceced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 2.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78776,
    "c": 0.00568,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9BD

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8D5980

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9BD

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

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