#BAABE4#BAABE4

#BAABE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.082 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABE4
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, 16.78, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 31.51, 302.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.0365 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.082 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8131, 45.1661, 79.5300)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABE4 #D5E4AB

analogous

#ABB8E4 #BAABE4 #D6ABE4

triadic

#BAABE4 #E4BAAB #ABE4BA

tetradic

#BAABE4 #E4ABB8 #D5E4AB #ABE4D6

square

#BAABE4 #E4ABB8 #D5E4AB #ABE4D6

split-complementary

#BAABE4 #E4D6AB #B8E4AB

monochromatic

#6E4EC6 #947DD5 #BAABE4 #E0D9F3 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BAABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BAABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABE4

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABE4	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.082 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4ec',
    500: '#baabe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabe4;
$custom-light: #cfc4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77368,
    "c": 0.0817,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABE4

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BF2797

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABE4

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

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