#BAABC8#BAABC8

#BAABC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.044 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABC8
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 10.85, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 16.77, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0274 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.044 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2361, 43.7352, 60.6910)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABC8 #B9C8AB

analogous

#ABABC8 #BAABC8 #C8ABC7

triadic

#BAABC8 #C8BAAB #ABC8BA

tetradic

#BAABC8 #C8ABAB #B9C8AB #ABC7C8

square

#BAABC8 #C8ABAB #B9C8AB #ABC7C8

split-complementary

#BAABC8 #C7C8AB #ABC8AB

monochromatic

#7D6296 #9C86B0 #BAABC8 #D8D0E0 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BAABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABC8

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABC8	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.044 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4d8',
    500: '#baabc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabc8;
$custom-light: #cec4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.04398,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9F4671

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABC8

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

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