#BAABBC#BAABBC

#BAABBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.029 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABBC
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 188)
HSL	hsl(293, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(293, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 8.50, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 10.84, 321.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0231 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.029 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8884, 43.1961, 53.5928)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABBC #ADBCAB

analogous

#B1ABBC #BAABBC #BCABB5

triadic

#BAABBC #BCBAAB #ABBCBA

tetradic

#BAABBC #BCB1AB #ADBCAB #ABB5BC

square

#BAABBC #BCB1AB #ADBCAB #ABB5BC

split-complementary

#BAABBC #B5BCAB #ABBCB1

monochromatic

#806984 #9E89A1 #BAABBC #D6CDD7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAABBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BAABBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABBC

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABBC	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.029 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4d0',
    500: '#baabbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabbc;
$custom-light: #cec4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75915,
    "c": 0.02919,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABBC

secondary

#E0E4DF

accent

#955058

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABBC

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

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