#BAABC6#BAABC6

#BAABC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.041 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABC6
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(273, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 10.45, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 15.74, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0267 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.041 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0039, 43.6424, 59.4681)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABC6 #B7C6AB

analogous

#ACABC6 #BAABC6 #C6ABC5

triadic

#BAABC6 #C6BAAB #ABC6BA

tetradic

#BAABC6 #C6ACAB #B7C6AB #ABC5C6

square

#BAABC6 #C6ACAB #B7C6AB #ABC5C6

split-complementary

#BAABC6 #C5C6AB #ABC6AC

monochromatic

#7E6493 #9C87AD #BAABC6 #D8CFDF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BAABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABC6

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABC6	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.041 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4d7',
    500: '#baabc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabc6;
$custom-light: #cec4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 19.149,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76249,
    "c": 0.0414,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABC6

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D486E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABC6

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

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