#BAB2C6#BAB2C6

#BAB2C6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.029 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2C6
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 198)
HSL	hsl(264, 15%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, 6.62, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 11.26, 306.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0163 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.029 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3613, 46.3571, 59.9205)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2C6 #BEC6B2

analogous

#B2B4C6 #BAB2C6 #C4B2C6

triadic

#BAB2C6 #C6BAB2 #B2C6BA

tetradic

#BAB2C6 #C6B2B4 #BEC6B2 #B2C6C4

square

#BAB2C6 #C6B2B4 #BEC6B2 #B2C6C4

split-complementary

#BAB2C6 #C6C4B2 #B4C6B2

monochromatic

#7B6C92 #9A8FAC #BAB2C6 #DAD5E0 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BAB2C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BAB2C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2C6

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2C6	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.029 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d7',
    500: '#bab2c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2c6;
$custom-light: #cec9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 14.925,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77642,
    "c": 0.02937,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2C6

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#994C7A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2C6

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

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