#BAABB8#BAABB8

#BAABB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.025 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABB8
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(308, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(308, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 7.74, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 9.05, 328.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0216 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.025 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4631, 43.0260, 51.3533)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABB8 #ABBAAD

analogous

#B5ABBA #BAABB8 #BAABB0

triadic

#BAABB8 #B8BAAB #ABB8BA

tetradic

#BAABB8 #BAB5AB #ABBAAD #ABB0BA

square

#BAABB8 #BAB5AB #ABBAAD #ABB0BA

split-complementary

#BAABB8 #B0BAAB #ABBAB5

monochromatic

#816A7E #9E899C #BAABB8 #D6CDD4 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BAABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABB8

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABB8	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.025 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4cd',
    500: '#baabb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabb8;
$custom-light: #cec4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75787,
    "c": 0.0249,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABB8

secondary

#DEE3DF

accent

#945A52

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABB8

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

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