#BABABB#BABABB

#BABABB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.001 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BABABB
RGB	rgb(186, 186, 187)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, 0.19, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 0.54, 290.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0004 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.001 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7767, 49.1448, 54.0257)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BABABB #BBBBBA

analogous

#BABABB #BABABB #BABABB

triadic

#BABABB #BBBABA #BABBBA

tetradic

#BABABB #BBBABA #BBBBBA #BABBBA

square

#BABABB #BBBABA #BBBBBA #BABBBA

split-complementary

#BABABB #BBBABA #BABBBA

monochromatic

#7C7C7E #9B9B9D #BABABB #D9D9D9 #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BABABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BABABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BABABB

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BABABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BABABB	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bababb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 186, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.001 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cececf',
    500: '#bababb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bababb;
$custom-light: #cececf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bababb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 0.73,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78922,
    "c": 0.0014,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BABABB

secondary

#E6E6E5

accent

#8A5B8A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F9

border

#D2D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BABABB

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

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