#BAABCC#BAABCC

#BAABCC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.049 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABCC
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(267, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(267, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 11.66, -14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 18.83, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0288 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.049 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7097, 43.9247, 63.1853)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABCC #BDCCAB

analogous

#ABACCC #BAABCC #CAABCC

triadic

#BAABCC #CCBAAB #ABCCBA

tetradic

#BAABCC #CCABAC #BDCCAB #ABCCCA

square

#BAABCC #CCABAC #BDCCAB #ABCCCA

split-complementary

#BAABCC #CCCAAB #ACCCAB

monochromatic

#7B5F9D #9B85B5 #BAABCC #D9D1E3 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BAABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BAABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABCC

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABCC	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)

#A6B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.049 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4db',
    500: '#baabcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabcc;
$custom-light: #cec4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76458,
    "c": 0.04922,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABCC

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A34377

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABCC

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

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