#BAB2C8#BAB2C8

#BAB2C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.032 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2C8
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(262, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, 7.02, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 12.31, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0171 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.032 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5935, 46.4500, 61.1435)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2C8 #C0C8B2

analogous

#B2B5C8 #BAB2C8 #C5B2C8

triadic

#BAB2C8 #C8BAB2 #B2C8BA

tetradic

#BAB2C8 #C8B2B5 #C0C8B2 #B2C8C5

square

#BAB2C8 #C8B2B5 #C0C8B2 #B2C8C5

split-complementary

#BAB2C8 #C8C5B2 #B5C8B2

monochromatic

#7A6B95 #9A8EAF #BAB2C8 #DAD6E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BAB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BAB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2C8

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2C8	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.032 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d8',
    500: '#bab2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2c8;
$custom-light: #cec9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77709,
    "c": 0.03206,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4B7E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2C8

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

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