#BAB2C2#BAB2C2

#BAB2C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.024 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2C2
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 8%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 5.83, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 9.19, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% 0.0149 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.024 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9060, 46.1750, 57.5227)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2C2 #BAC2B2

analogous

#B2B2C2 #BAB2C2 #C2B2C2

triadic

#BAB2C2 #C2BAB2 #B2C2BA

tetradic

#BAB2C2 #C2B2B2 #BAC2B2 #B2C2C2

square

#BAB2C2 #C2B2B2 #BAC2B2 #B2C2C2

split-complementary

#BAB2C2 #C2C2B2 #B2C2B2

monochromatic

#7D6E8B #9B90A7 #BAB2C2 #D9D4DD #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BAB2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BAB2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2C2

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2C2	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.024 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d4',
    500: '#bab2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2c2;
$custom-light: #cec9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.594,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77511,
    "c": 0.02407,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2C2

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#965073

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2C2

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

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