#BAB4D0#BAB4D0

#BAB4D0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.040 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB4D0
RGB	rgb(186, 180, 208)
HSL	hsl(253, 23%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 13%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, 7.55, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 15.33, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% 0.017 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.04 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9539, 47.6355, 66.3305)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB4D0 #CAD0B4

analogous

#B4BCD0 #BAB4D0 #C8B4D0

triadic

#BAB4D0 #D0BAB4 #B4D0BA

tetradic

#BAB4D0 #D0B4BC #CAD0B4 #B4D0C8

square

#BAB4D0 #D0B4BC #CAD0B4 #B4D0C8

split-complementary

#BAB4D0 #D0C8B4 #BCD0B4

monochromatic

#7569A1 #978EB8 #BAB4D0 #DDDAE8 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BAB4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BAB4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB4D0

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB4D0	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 180, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.040 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecade',
    500: '#bab4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab4d0;
$custom-light: #cecade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 22.951,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78381,
    "c": 0.03983,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB4D0

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A1448D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB4D0

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

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