#BAB4C8#BAB4C8

#BAB4C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.029 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4C8
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, 5.93, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 11.07, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% 0.0141 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.029 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9944, 47.2517, 61.2771)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4C8 #C2C8B4

analogous

#B4B8C8 #BAB4C8 #C4B4C8

triadic

#BAB4C8 #C8BAB4 #B4C8BA

tetradic

#BAB4C8 #C8B4B8 #C2C8B4 #B4C8C4

square

#BAB4C8 #C8B4B8 #C2C8B4 #B4C8C4

split-complementary

#BAB4C8 #C8C4B4 #B8C8B4

monochromatic

#796D94 #9A91AE #BAB4C8 #DAD7E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BAB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BAB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4C8

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4C8	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.029 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecad8',
    500: '#bab4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4c8;
$custom-light: #cecad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7811,
    "c": 0.02878,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4C8

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4C82

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4C8

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

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