#BAABC5#BAABC5

#BAABC5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.040 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABC5
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(275, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 10.25, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 15.24, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0264 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.04 311)
XYZ	xyz(44.8890, 43.5964, 58.8626)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABC5 #B6C5AB

analogous

#ADABC5 #BAABC5 #C5ABC3

triadic

#BAABC5 #C5BAAB #ABC5BA

tetradic

#BAABC5 #C5ADAB #B6C5AB #ABC3C5

square

#BAABC5 #C5ADAB #B6C5AB #ABC3C5

split-complementary

#BAABC5 #C3C5AB #ABC5AD

monochromatic

#7E6491 #9C87AC #BAABC5 #D8CFDE #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BAABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABC5

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABC5	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.040 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4d6',
    500: '#baabc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabc5;
$custom-light: #cec4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76214,
    "c": 0.04012,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.43596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABC5

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D496C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABC5

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

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