#BAB4CE#BAB4CE

#BAB4CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.037 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4CE
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(254, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 7.14, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 14.27, 300.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0163 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.037 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7094, 47.5377, 65.0428)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4CE #C8CEB4

analogous

#B4BBCE #BAB4CE #C7B4CE

triadic

#BAB4CE #CEBAB4 #B4CEBA

tetradic

#BAB4CE #CEB4BB #C8CEB4 #B4CEC7

square

#BAB4CE #CEB4BB #C8CEB4 #B4CEC7

split-complementary

#BAB4CE #CEC7B4 #BBCEB4

monochromatic

#766A9E #988FB6 #BAB4CE #DCD9E6 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BAB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BAB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4CE

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4CE	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.037 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecadd',
    500: '#bab4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4ce;
$custom-light: #cecadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78312,
    "c": 0.03705,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4CE

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9F468B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4CE

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

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