#BAB5CC#BAB5CC

#BAB5CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.033 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB5CC
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(253, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, 6.19, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 12.59, 299.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.0141 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.033 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6705, 47.8463, 63.8389)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB5CC #C7CCB5

analogous

#B5BBCC #BAB5CC #C5B5CC

triadic

#BAB5CC #CCBAB5 #B5CCBA

tetradic

#BAB5CC #CCB5BB #C7CCB5 #B5CCC5

square

#BAB5CC #CCB5BB #C7CCB5 #B5CCC5

split-complementary

#BAB5CC #CCC5B5 #BBCCB5

monochromatic

#766D9A #9891B3 #BAB5CC #DCD9E5 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BAB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BAB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB5CC

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB5CC	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.033 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbdb',
    500: '#bab5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab5cc;
$custom-light: #cecbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78444,
    "c": 0.0327,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB5CC

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D498A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB5CC

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

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