#BABAB0#BABAB0

#BABAB0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.014 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAB0
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 176)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -1.81, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 5.38, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.004 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.014 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6440, 48.6917, 48.0597)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAB0 #B0B0BA

analogous

#BAB5B0 #BABAB0 #B5BAB0

triadic

#BABAB0 #B0BABA #BAB0BA

tetradic

#BABAB0 #B0BAB5 #B0B0BA #BAB0B5

square

#BABAB0 #B0BAB5 #B0B0BA #BAB0B5

split-complementary

#BABAB0 #B0B5BA #B5B0BA

monochromatic

#808070 #9D9D8F #BABAB0 #D7D7D1 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BABAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BABAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAB0

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAB0	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.014 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecec7',
    500: '#babab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babab0;
$custom-light: #cecec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.757,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78606,
    "c": 0.01389,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAB0

secondary

#E2E2E4

accent

#559155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAB0

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

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