#BAABCE#BAABCE

#BAABCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.052 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABCE
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 26%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 17%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 12.07, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 19.87, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0295 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.052 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9511, 44.0212, 64.4567)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABCE #BFCEAB

analogous

#ABAECE #BAABCE #CCABCE

triadic

#BAABCE #CEBAAB #ABCEBA

tetradic

#BAABCE #CEABAE #BFCEAB #ABCECC

square

#BAABCE #CEABAE #BFCEAB #ABCECC

split-complementary

#BAABCE #CECCAB #AECEAB

monochromatic

#7B5EA1 #9A84B7 #BAABCE #DAD2E5 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BAABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BAABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABCE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABCE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.052 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4dd',
    500: '#baabce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabce;
$custom-light: #cfc4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7653,
    "c": 0.05187,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABCE

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A5417A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABCE

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

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