#BAB2BF#BAB2BF

#BAB2BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.020 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2BF
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(277, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, 5.26, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 7.67, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% 0.0137 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.02 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5725, 46.0416, 55.7662)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2BF #B7BFB2

analogous

#B4B2BF #BAB2BF #BFB2BE

triadic

#BAB2BF #BFBAB2 #B2BFBA

tetradic

#BAB2BF #BFB4B2 #B7BFB2 #B2BEBF

square

#BAB2BF #BFB4B2 #B7BFB2 #B2BEBF

split-complementary

#BAB2BF #BEBFB2 #B2BFB4

monochromatic

#7E7087 #9C91A3 #BAB2BF #D8D3DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BAB2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BAB2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2BF

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2BF	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.020 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d2',
    500: '#bab2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2bf;
$custom-light: #cec9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77415,
    "c": 0.02024,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#93526B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2BF

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

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