#BABAB8#BABAB8

#BABAB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.003 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABAB8
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -0.37, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 1.08, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0008 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.003 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4589, 49.0176, 52.3519)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABAB8 #B8B8BA

analogous

#BAB9B8 #BABAB8 #B9BAB8

triadic

#BABAB8 #B8BABA #BAB8BA

tetradic

#BABAB8 #B8BAB9 #B8B8BA #BAB8B9

square

#BABAB8 #B8BAB9 #B8B8BA #BAB8B9

split-complementary

#BABAB8 #B8B9BA #B9B8BA

monochromatic

#7E7E7A #9C9C99 #BABAB8 #D8D8D7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BABAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BABAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABAB8

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABAB8	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABAB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #babab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.003 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cececd',
    500: '#babab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #babab8;
$custom-light: #cececd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#babab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78833,
    "c": 0.00278,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABAB8

secondary

#E5E5E6

accent

#5A8B5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABAB8

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

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