#BAB3CD#BAB3CD

#BAB3CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.037 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB3CD
RGB	rgb(186, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, 7.48, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 14.34, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% 0.0174 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.037 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3871, 47.0870, 64.3380)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB3CD #C6CDB3

analogous

#B3B9CD #BAB3CD #C7B3CD

triadic

#BAB3CD #CDBAB3 #B3CDBA

tetradic

#BAB3CD #CDB3B9 #C6CDB3 #B3CDC7

square

#BAB3CD #CDB3B9 #C6CDB3 #B3CDC7

split-complementary

#BAB3CD #CDC7B3 #B9CDB3

monochromatic

#77699C #988EB5 #BAB3CD #DCD8E5 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BAB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BAB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB3CD

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB3CD	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.037 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9dc',
    500: '#bab3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab3cd;
$custom-light: #cec9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78078,
    "c": 0.03726,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB3CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4687

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB3CD

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

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