#BAB4CA#BAB4CA

#BAB4CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.032 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4CA
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 202)
HSL	hsl(256, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, 6.33, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 12.13, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% 0.0149 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.032 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2296, 47.3458, 62.5161)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4CA #C4CAB4

analogous

#B4B9CA #BAB4CA #C5B4CA

triadic

#BAB4CA #CABAB4 #B4CABA

tetradic

#BAB4CA #CAB4B9 #C4CAB4 #B4CAC5

square

#BAB4CA #CAB4B9 #C4CAB4 #B4CAC5

split-complementary

#BAB4CA #CAC5B4 #B9CAB4

monochromatic

#786C97 #9990B1 #BAB4CA #DBD8E3 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BAB4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BAB4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4CA

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4CA	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.032 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecada',
    500: '#bab4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4ca;
$custom-light: #cecada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 17.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78176,
    "c": 0.03152,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4CA

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9B4A85

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4CA

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

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