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#BABAAB

Greige · light warm gray

About #BABAAB

With the hex code #BABAAB, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 73% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 27% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 5.0 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ABABBA, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red186
Green186
Blue171

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 5.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 7.6
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BABAAB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #BABAAB.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #BABAAB.
10.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BABAAB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BABAAB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDB9AA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDB9AB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BDB8B6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BABAAB?

With the hex code #BABAAB, this is a light gray with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 73% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 27% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BABAAB?

Use black text. Black on #BABAAB has a contrast ratio of 10.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BABAAB?

Its complementary colour is #ABABBA, and analogous partners are #BAB3AB and #B3BAAB.