#BAB1BF#BAB1BF

#BAB1BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.022 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB1BF
RGB	rgb(186, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(279, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(279, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 5.80, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 8.32, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% 0.0152 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.022 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3743, 45.6451, 55.7001)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB1BF #B6BFB1

analogous

#B3B1BF #BAB1BF #BFB1BD

triadic

#BAB1BF #BFBAB1 #B1BFBA

tetradic

#BAB1BF #BFB3B1 #B6BFB1 #B1BDBF

square

#BAB1BF #BFB3B1 #B6BFB1 #B1BDBF

split-complementary

#BAB1BF #BDBFB1 #B1BFB3

monochromatic

#7E6F87 #9C8FA3 #BAB1BF #D8D3DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BAB1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BAB1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB1BF

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB1BF	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)

#AFB4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.022 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec8d2',
    500: '#bab1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab1bf;
$custom-light: #cec8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77213,
    "c": 0.022,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB1BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#945269

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB1BF

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

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