#BAABDD#BAABDD

#BAABDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.072 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABDD
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(258, 42%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 23%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, 15.24, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 27.79, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% 0.0344 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.072 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8610, 44.7852, 74.5155)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABDD #CEDDAB

analogous

#ABB5DD #BAABDD #D3ABDD

triadic

#BAABDD #DDBAAB #ABDDBA

tetradic

#BAABDD #DDABB5 #CEDDAB #ABDDD3

square

#BAABDD #DDABB5 #CEDDAB #ABDDD3

split-complementary

#BAABDD #DDD3AB #B5DDAB

monochromatic

#7254BA #967FCB #BAABDD #DED7EF #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BAABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BAABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABDD

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABDD	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.072 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4e7',
    500: '#baabdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabdd;
$custom-light: #cfc4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77091,
    "c": 0.07213,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABDD

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B5308D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABDD

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

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