#BAB5CD#BAB5CD

#BAB5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.034 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB5CD
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, 6.39, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 13.13, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0145 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.034 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7909, 47.8945, 64.4726)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB5CD #C8CDB5

analogous

#B5BCCD #BAB5CD #C6B5CD

triadic

#BAB5CD #CDBAB5 #B5CDBA

tetradic

#BAB5CD #CDB5BC #C8CDB5 #B5CDC6

square

#BAB5CD #CDB5BC #C8CDB5 #B5CDC6

split-complementary

#BAB5CD #CDC6B5 #BCCDB5

monochromatic

#766C9C #9890B4 #BAB5CD #DCDAE6 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BAB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BAB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB5CD

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB5CD	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.034 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbdc',
    500: '#bab5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab5cd;
$custom-light: #cecbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78478,
    "c": 0.03409,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB5CD

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9E488C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB5CD

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

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