#BAB2CB#BAB2CB

#BAB2CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.036 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2CB
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(259, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, 7.62, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 13.89, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% 0.0182 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.036 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9476, 46.5916, 63.0081)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2CB #C3CBB2

analogous

#B2B7CB #BAB2CB #C7B2CB

triadic

#BAB2CB #CBBAB2 #B2CBBA

tetradic

#BAB2CB #CBB2B7 #C3CBB2 #B2CBC7

square

#BAB2CB #CBB2B7 #C3CBB2 #B2CBC7

split-complementary

#BAB2CB #CBC7B2 #B7CBB2

monochromatic

#79699A #998DB2 #BAB2CB #DBD7E4 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BAB2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BAB2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2CB

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2CB	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.036 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9da',
    500: '#bab2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2cb;
$custom-light: #cec9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 19.38,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7781,
    "c": 0.03614,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2CB

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4882

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2CB

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

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