#BABAB2#BABAB2

#BABAB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.011 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAB2
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -1.46, 4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 4.30, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0032 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.011 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8433, 48.7714, 49.1096)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAB2 #B2B2BA

analogous

#BAB6B2 #BABAB2 #B6BAB2

triadic

#BABAB2 #B2BABA #BAB2BA

tetradic

#BABAB2 #B2BAB6 #B2B2BA #BAB2B6

square

#BABAB2 #B2BAB6 #B2B2BA #BAB2B6

split-complementary

#BABAB2 #B2B6BA #B6B2BA

monochromatic

#7F7F72 #9D9D92 #BABAB2 #D7D7D2 #F1F1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BABAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BABAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAB2

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAB2	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)

#BCB9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.011 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecec9',
    500: '#babab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babab2;
$custom-light: #cecec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.479,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78662,
    "c": 0.01112,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAB2

secondary

#E3E3E5

accent

#568F56

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAB2

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

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