#BAABDB#BAABDB

#BAABDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.069 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABDB
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(259, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 22%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 14.81, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 26.72, 303.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0337 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.069 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5962, 44.6793, 73.1206)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABDB #CCDBAB

analogous

#ABB4DB #BAABDB #D2ABDB

triadic

#BAABDB #DBBAAB #ABDBBA

tetradic

#BAABDB #DBABB4 #CCDBAB #ABDBD2

square

#BAABDB #DBABB4 #CCDBAB #ABDBD2

split-complementary

#BAABDB #DBD2AB #B4DBAB

monochromatic

#7455B6 #9780C9 #BAABDB #DDD6ED #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BAABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BAABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABDB

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABDB	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.069 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4e6',
    500: '#baabdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabdb;
$custom-light: #cfc4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77014,
    "c": 0.06941,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABDB

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B3328B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABDB

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

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