#BAABCB#BAABCB

#BAABCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.048 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABCB
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 203)
HSL	hsl(268, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 11.45, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 18.31, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0285 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.048 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5902, 43.8769, 62.5556)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABCB #BCCBAB

analogous

#ABACCB #BAABCB #CAABCB

triadic

#BAABCB #CBBAAB #ABCBBA

tetradic

#BAABCB #CBABAC #BCCBAB #ABCBCA

square

#BAABCB #CBABAC #BCCBAB #ABCBCA

split-complementary

#BAABCB #CBCAAB #ACCBAB

monochromatic

#7C609B #9B85B4 #BAABCB #D9D1E2 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAABCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BAABCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABCB

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABCB	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.048 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4da',
    500: '#baabcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabcb;
$custom-light: #cec4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76423,
    "c": 0.0479,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABCB

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A24476

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABCB

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

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