#BAB4CD#BAB4CD

#BAB4CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.036 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4CD
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(254, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, 6.94, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 13.73, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% 0.016 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.036 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5883, 47.4893, 64.4050)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4CD #C7CDB4

analogous

#B4BACD #BAB4CD #C6B4CD

triadic

#BAB4CD #CDBAB4 #B4CDBA

tetradic

#BAB4CD #CDB4BA #C7CDB4 #B4CDC6

square

#BAB4CD #CDB4BA #C7CDB4 #B4CDC6

split-complementary

#BAB4CD #CDC6B4 #BACDB4

monochromatic

#766B9C #988FB5 #BAB4CD #DCD9E5 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BAB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BAB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4CD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4CD	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.036 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecadc',
    500: '#bab4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4cd;
$custom-light: #cecadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78278,
    "c": 0.03567,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4789

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4CD

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

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