#BAABBE#BAABBE

#BAABBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.032 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABBE
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(287, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 8.88, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 11.78, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0238 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.032 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1055, 43.2830, 54.7361)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABBE #AFBEAB

analogous

#B0ABBE #BAABBE #BEABB8

triadic

#BAABBE #BEBAAB #ABBEBA

tetradic

#BAABBE #BEB0AB #AFBEAB #ABB8BE

square

#BAABBE #BEB0AB #AFBEAB #ABB8BE

split-complementary

#BAABBE #B8BEAB #ABBEB0

monochromatic

#806887 #9E88A3 #BAABBE #D6CED9 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAABBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BAABBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABBE

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABBE	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.032 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4d1',
    500: '#baabbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabbe;
$custom-light: #cec4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 12.752,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7598,
    "c": 0.0315,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABBE

secondary

#E1E5E0

accent

#974F5E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABBE

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

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