#BAABE9#BAABE9

#BAABE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.089 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAABE9
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 17.90, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 34.17, 301.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0379 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.089 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5173, 45.4477, 83.2385)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAABE9 #DAE9AB

analogous

#ABBBE9 #BAABE9 #D9ABE9

triadic

#BAABE9 #E9BAAB #ABE9BA

tetradic

#BAABE9 #E9ABBB #DAE9AB #ABE9D9

square

#BAABE9 #E9ABBB #DAE9AB #ABE9D9

split-complementary

#BAABE9 #E9D9AB #BBE9AB

monochromatic

#6A4AD0 #927BDC #BAABE9 #E2DBF6 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BAABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAABE9

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAABE9	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baabe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.089 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4f0',
    500: '#baabe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baabe9;
$custom-light: #cfc4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baabe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77571,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAABE9

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C61F9E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAABE9

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

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