#BAABCD#BAABCD

#BAABCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.051 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABCD
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 11.86, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 19.35, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0291 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.051 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8300, 43.9728, 63.8190)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABCD #BECDAB

analogous

#ABADCD #BAABCD #CBABCD

triadic

#BAABCD #CDBAAB #ABCDBA

tetradic

#BAABCD #CDABAD #BECDAB #ABCDCB

square

#BAABCD #CDABAD #BECDAB #ABCDCB

split-complementary

#BAABCD #CDCBAB #ADCDAB

monochromatic

#7B5F9F #9A85B6 #BAABCD #DAD1E4 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BAABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BAABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABCD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABCD	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.051 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4dc',
    500: '#baabcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabcd;
$custom-light: #cfc4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76494,
    "c": 0.05055,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABCD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A44279

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABCD

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

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