#BAABE3#BAABE3

#BAABE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.080 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABE3
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, 16.56, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 30.98, 302.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0362 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.08 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6747, 45.1107, 78.8010)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABE3 #D4E3AB

analogous

#ABB8E3 #BAABE3 #D6ABE3

triadic

#BAABE3 #E3BAAB #ABE3BA

tetradic

#BAABE3 #E3ABB8 #D4E3AB #ABE3D6

square

#BAABE3 #E3ABB8 #D4E3AB #ABE3D6

split-complementary

#BAABE3 #E3D6AB #B8E3AB

monochromatic

#6F4FC4 #947DD4 #BAABE3 #E0D9F2 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BAABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABE3

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABE3	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.080 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4ec',
    500: '#baabe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabe3;
$custom-light: #cfc4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.071,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77328,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABE3

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BD2895

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABE3

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

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