#BAABBB#BAABBB

#BAABBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.028 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABBB
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(296, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(296, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 8.31, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 10.38, 323.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0227 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.028 324)
XYZ	xyz(43.7809, 43.1532, 53.0271)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABBB #ACBBAB

analogous

#B2ABBB #BAABBB #BBABB4

triadic

#BAABBB #BBBAAB #ABBBBA

tetradic

#BAABBB #BBB2AB #ACBBAB #ABB4BB

square

#BAABBB #BBB2AB #ACBBAB #ABB4BB

split-complementary

#BAABBB #B4BBAB #ABBBB2

monochromatic

#816982 #9E89A0 #BAABBB #D6CDD6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BAABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABBB

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABBB	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.028 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4cf',
    500: '#baabbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabbb;
$custom-light: #cec4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75882,
    "c": 0.02807,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.43153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABBB

secondary

#DFE3DF

accent

#955155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABBB

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

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