#BAABC7#BAABC7

#BAABC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.043 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABC7
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(272, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 10.65, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 16.25, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0271 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.043 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1196, 43.6886, 60.0775)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABC7 #B8C7AB

analogous

#ACABC7 #BAABC7 #C7ABC6

triadic

#BAABC7 #C7BAAB #ABC7BA

tetradic

#BAABC7 #C7ACAB #B8C7AB #ABC6C7

square

#BAABC7 #C7ACAB #B8C7AB #ABC6C7

split-complementary

#BAABC7 #C6C7AB #ABC7AC

monochromatic

#7E6395 #9C86AF #BAABC7 #D8D0DF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BAABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABC7

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABC7	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.043 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4d8',
    500: '#baabc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabc7;
$custom-light: #cec4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76283,
    "c": 0.04269,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABC7

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E4770

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABC7

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

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