#BAB2CE#BAB2CE

#BAB2CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.040 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2CE
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(257, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, 8.23, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 15.48, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% 0.0192 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.04 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3085, 46.7360, 64.9092)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2CE #C6CEB2

analogous

#B2B8CE #BAB2CE #C8B2CE

triadic

#BAB2CE #CEBAB2 #B2CEBA

tetradic

#BAB2CE #CEB2B8 #C6CEB2 #B2CEC8

square

#BAB2CE #CEB2B8 #C6CEB2 #B2CEC8

split-complementary

#BAB2CE #CEC8B2 #B8CEB2

monochromatic

#77679E #988DB6 #BAB2CE #DCD7E6 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BAB2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BAB2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2CE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2CE	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.040 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9dd',
    500: '#bab2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2ce;
$custom-light: #cec9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77913,
    "c": 0.04025,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A14586

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2CE

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

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