#BAB0BF#BAB0BF

#BAB0BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.024 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB0BF
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 191)
HSL	hsl(280, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 6.34, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 8.97, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0167 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.024 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1775, 45.2516, 55.6345)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB0BF #B5BFB0

analogous

#B3B0BF #BAB0BF #BFB0BD

triadic

#BAB0BF #BFBAB0 #B0BFBA

tetradic

#BAB0BF #BFB3B0 #B5BFB0 #B0BDBF

square

#BAB0BF #BFB3B0 #B5BFB0 #B0BDBF

split-complementary

#BAB0BF #BDBFB0 #B0BFB3

monochromatic

#7F6D87 #9C8EA4 #BAB0BF #D8D2DA #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BAB0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BAB0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB0BF

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB0BF	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.024 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec7d2',
    500: '#bab0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab0bf;
$custom-light: #cec7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 10.49,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77012,
    "c": 0.02377,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB0BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#955167

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB0BF

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

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