#BABAB4#BABAB4

#BABAB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAB4
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -1.10, 3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 3.23, 109.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0024 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0456, 48.8523, 50.1748)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAB4 #B4B4BA

analogous

#BAB7B4 #BABAB4 #B7BAB4

triadic

#BABAB4 #B4BABA #BAB4BA

tetradic

#BABAB4 #B4BAB7 #B4B4BA #BAB4B7

square

#BABAB4 #B4BAB7 #B4B4BA #BAB4B7

split-complementary

#BABAB4 #B4B7BA #B7B4BA

monochromatic

#7F7F75 #9D9D94 #BABAB4 #D7D7D4 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BABAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BABAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAB4

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAB4	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB9B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cececa',
    500: '#babab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babab4;
$custom-light: #cececa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78718,
    "c": 0.00835,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAB4

secondary

#E4E4E6

accent

#578E57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAB4

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

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