#BAABB9#BAABB9

#BAABB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.026 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABB9
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(304, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(304, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, 7.93, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 9.48, 326.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.022 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.026 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5683, 43.0681, 51.9073)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABB9 #ABBAAC

analogous

#B4ABBA #BAABB9 #BAABB1

triadic

#BAABB9 #B9BAAB #ABB9BA

tetradic

#BAABB9 #BAB4AB #ABBAAC #ABB1BA

square

#BAABB9 #BAB4AB #ABBAAC #ABB1BA

split-complementary

#BAABB9 #B1BAAB #ABBAB4

monochromatic

#816A7F #9E899D #BAABB9 #D6CDD5 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BAABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABB9

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABB9	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#AAAEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.026 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4ce',
    500: '#baabb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabb9;
$custom-light: #cec4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75818,
    "c": 0.02592,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABB9

secondary

#DEE3DF

accent

#945652

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABB9

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

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