#BAB2CD#BAB2CD

#BAB2CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.039 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2CD
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, 8.03, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 14.95, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0189 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.039 299)
XYZ	xyz(47.1874, 46.6876, 64.2714)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2CD #C5CDB2

analogous

#B2B7CD #BAB2CD #C8B2CD

triadic

#BAB2CD #CDBAB2 #B2CDBA

tetradic

#BAB2CD #CDB2B7 #C5CDB2 #B2CDC8

square

#BAB2CD #CDB2B7 #C5CDB2 #B2CDC8

split-complementary

#BAB2CD #CDC8B2 #B7CDB2

monochromatic

#77689D #998DB5 #BAB2CD #DBD7E5 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BAB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BAB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2CD

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2CD	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.039 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9dc',
    500: '#bab2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2cd;
$custom-light: #cec9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77878,
    "c": 0.03887,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.46688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A04685

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2CD

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

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