#BAB3BF#BAB3BF

#BAB3BF is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.018 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB3BF
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(275, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, 4.71, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 7.02, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% 0.0123 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.018 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7722, 46.4410, 55.8328)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB3BF #B8BFB3

analogous

#B4B3BF #BAB3BF #BFB3BE

triadic

#BAB3BF #BFBAB3 #B3BFBA

tetradic

#BAB3BF #BFB4B3 #B8BFB3 #B3BEBF

square

#BAB3BF #BFB4B3 #B8BFB3 #B3BEBF

split-complementary

#BAB3BF #BEBFB3 #B3BFB4

monochromatic

#7E7186 #9C92A3 #BAB3BF #D8D4DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BAB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BAB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB3BF

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB3BF	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)

#B2B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.018 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9d2',
    500: '#bab3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab3bf;
$custom-light: #cec9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77617,
    "c": 0.01849,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB3BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#93536D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB3BF

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

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