#BAB0C8#BAB0C8

#BAB0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.035 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB0C8
RGB	rgb(186, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(265, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, 8.11, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 13.57, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% 0.02 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.035 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1985, 45.6600, 61.0118)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB0C8 #BEC8B0

analogous

#B0B2C8 #BAB0C8 #C6B0C8

triadic

#BAB0C8 #C8BAB0 #B0C8BA

tetradic

#BAB0C8 #C8B0B2 #BEC8B0 #B0C8C6

square

#BAB0C8 #C8B0B2 #BEC8B0 #B0C8C6

split-complementary

#BAB0C8 #C8C6B0 #B2C8B0

monochromatic

#7B6896 #9A8CAF #BAB0C8 #DAD4E1 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BAB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BAB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB0C8

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB0C8	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.035 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec7d8',
    500: '#bab0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab0c8;
$custom-light: #cec7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77309,
    "c": 0.03541,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB0C8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C497A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB0C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →