#BAB2BE#BAB2BE

#BAB2BE is a light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.019 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2BE
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, 5.06, -5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 7.17, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0134 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.019 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4628, 45.9978, 55.1886)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2BE #B6BEB2

analogous

#B4B2BE #BAB2BE #BEB2BC

triadic

#BAB2BE #BEBAB2 #B2BEBA

tetradic

#BAB2BE #BEB4B2 #B6BEB2 #B2BCBE

square

#BAB2BE #BEB4B2 #B6BEB2 #B2BCBE

split-complementary

#BAB2BE #BCBEB2 #B2BEB4

monochromatic

#7E7085 #9C91A2 #BAB2BE #D8D3DA #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BAB2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BAB2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2BE

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2BE	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.019 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d1',
    500: '#bab2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2be;
$custom-light: #cec9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77383,
    "c": 0.01899,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#925368

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2BE

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

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