#BABAB6#BABAB6

#BABAB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.006 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAB6
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -0.74, 2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 2.15, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0016 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.006 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2508, 48.9344, 51.2556)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAB6 #B6B6BA

analogous

#BAB8B6 #BABAB6 #B8BAB6

triadic

#BABAB6 #B6BABA #BAB6BA

tetradic

#BABAB6 #B6BAB8 #B6B6BA #BAB6B8

square

#BABAB6 #B6BAB8 #B6B6BA #BAB6B8

split-complementary

#BABAB6 #B6B8BA #B8B6BA

monochromatic

#7E7E77 #9C9C97 #BABAB6 #D8D8D5 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BABAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BABAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAB6

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAB6	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.006 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cececb',
    500: '#babab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babab6;
$custom-light: #cececb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.817,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78776,
    "c": 0.00557,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAB6

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#598D59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAB6

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

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