#BAB2C4#BAB2C4

#BAB2C4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.027 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2C4
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 196)
HSL	hsl(267, 13%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 9%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 6.23, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 10.22, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.0156 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.027 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1322, 46.2655, 58.7136)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2C4 #BCC4B2

analogous

#B2B3C4 #BAB2C4 #C3B2C4

triadic

#BAB2C4 #C4BAB2 #B2C4BA

tetradic

#BAB2C4 #C4B2B3 #BCC4B2 #B2C4C3

square

#BAB2C4 #C4B2B3 #BCC4B2 #B2C4C3

split-complementary

#BAB2C4 #C4C3B2 #B3C4B2

monochromatic

#7C6D8E #9B8FA9 #BAB2C4 #D9D5DF #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BAB2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BAB2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2C4

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2C4	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.027 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d5',
    500: '#bab2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2c4;
$custom-light: #cec9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 13.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77576,
    "c": 0.0267,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2C4

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#974E77

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2C4

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

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