#BABABA#BABABA

#BABABA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABABA
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 186)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 0.00, 0.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(46.6701, 49.1021, 53.4638)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABABA #BABABA

analogous

#BABABA #BABABA #BABABA

triadic

#BABABA #BABABA #BABABA

tetradic

#BABABA #BABABA #BABABA #BABABA

square

#BABABA #BABABA #BABABA #BABABA

split-complementary

#BABABA #BABABA #BABABA

monochromatic

#7D7D7D #9B9B9B #BABABA #D9D9D9 #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BABABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BABABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABABA

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABABA	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bababa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecece',
    500: '#bababa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bababa;
$custom-light: #cecece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bababa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78892,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.49102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABABA

secondary

#E6E6E6

accent

#8A8A5C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABABA

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

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