#BAB9BF#BAB9BF

#BAB9BF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.008 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB9BF
RGB	rgb(186, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(250, 4%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(250, 3%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, 1.48, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 3.26, 296.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% 0.0034 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.008 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0010, 48.8986, 56.2424)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB9BF #BEBFB9

analogous

#B9BBBF #BAB9BF #BDB9BF

triadic

#BAB9BF #BFBAB9 #B9BFBA

tetradic

#BAB9BF #BFB9BB #BEBFB9 #B9BFBD

square

#BAB9BF #BFB9BB #BEBFB9 #B9BFBD

split-complementary

#BAB9BF #BFBDB9 #BBBFB9

monochromatic

#7B7984 #9A99A2 #BAB9BF #DAD9DC #EFEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BAB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BAB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB9BF

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB9BF	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.008 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceced2',
    500: '#bab9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab9bf;
$custom-light: #ceced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 4.478,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78837,
    "c": 0.00844,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB9BF

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8E5785

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB9BF

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

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