#BAB0C2#BAB0C2

#BAB0C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.028 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB0C2
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 194)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 9%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, 6.92, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 10.47, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% 0.0178 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.028 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5110, 45.3850, 57.3911)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB0C2 #B8C2B0

analogous

#B1B0C2 #BAB0C2 #C2B0C1

triadic

#BAB0C2 #C2BAB0 #B0C2BA

tetradic

#BAB0C2 #C2B1B0 #B8C2B0 #B0C1C2

square

#BAB0C2 #C2B1B0 #B8C2B0 #B0C1C2

split-complementary

#BAB0C2 #C1C2B0 #B0C2B1

monochromatic

#7E6C8C #9C8DA7 #BAB0C2 #D8D3DD #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BAB0C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BAB0C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB0C2

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB0C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB0C2	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab0c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.028 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec7d4',
    500: '#bab0c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab0c2;
$custom-light: #cec7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab0c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 12.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77109,
    "c": 0.02755,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB0C2

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#974F6F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB0C2

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

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