#BAABBD#BAABBD

#BAABBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.030 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABBD
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(290, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 8.69, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 11.30, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% 0.0234 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.03 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9965, 43.2394, 54.1625)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABBD #AEBDAB

analogous

#B1ABBD #BAABBD #BDABB7

triadic

#BAABBD #BDBAAB #ABBDBA

tetradic

#BAABBD #BDB1AB #AEBDAB #ABB7BD

square

#BAABBD #BDB1AB #AEBDAB #ABB7BD

split-complementary

#BAABBD #B7BDAB #ABBDB1

monochromatic

#806985 #9E89A2 #BAABBD #D6CDD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BAABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABBD

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABBD	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.030 320.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75947,
    "c": 0.03034,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABBD

secondary

#E0E4DF

accent

#964F5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABBD

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

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