#BAB4CB#BAB4CB

#BAB4CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.033 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4CB
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, 6.53, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 12.66, 301.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% 0.0152 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.033 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3484, 47.3933, 63.1417)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4CB #C5CBB4

analogous

#B4BACB #BAB4CB #C5B4CB

triadic

#BAB4CB #CBBAB4 #B4CBBA

tetradic

#BAB4CB #CBB4BA #C5CBB4 #B4CBC5

square

#BAB4CB #CBB4BA #C5CBB4 #B4CBC5

split-complementary

#BAB4CB #CBC5B4 #BACBB4

monochromatic

#776C99 #9990B2 #BAB4CB #DBD8E4 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BAB4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BAB4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4CB

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4CB	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.033 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecada',
    500: '#bab4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4cb;
$custom-light: #cecada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 18.11,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7821,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4CB

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4987

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4CB

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

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