#BAABC3#BAABC3

#BAABC3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.038 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABC3
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(278, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 9.85, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 14.23, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0256 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.038 313)
XYZ	xyz(44.6613, 43.5053, 57.6637)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABC3 #B4C3AB

analogous

#AEABC3 #BAABC3 #C3ABC0

triadic

#BAABC3 #C3BAAB #ABC3BA

tetradic

#BAABC3 #C3AEAB #B4C3AB #ABC0C3

square

#BAABC3 #C3AEAB #B4C3AB #ABC0C3

split-complementary

#BAABC3 #C0C3AB #ABC3AE

monochromatic

#7F668E #9D87AA #BAABC3 #D7CFDD #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BAABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABC3

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABC3	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.038 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4d5',
    500: '#baabc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabc3;
$custom-light: #cec4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76146,
    "c": 0.0376,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.43505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABC3

secondary

#E4E8E2

accent

#9B4B69

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABC3

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

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