#BAB5CE#BAB5CE

#BAB5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.035 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB5CE
RGB	rgb(186, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(252, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, 6.60, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 13.66, 298.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.0149 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.035 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9120, 47.9429, 65.1103)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB5CE #C9CEB5

analogous

#B5BCCE #BAB5CE #C6B5CE

triadic

#BAB5CE #CEBAB5 #B5CEBA

tetradic

#BAB5CE #CEB5BC #C9CEB5 #B5CEC6

square

#BAB5CE #CEB5BC #C9CEB5 #B5CEC6

split-complementary

#BAB5CE #CEC6B5 #BCCEB5

monochromatic

#756B9D #9890B6 #BAB5CE #DCDAE6 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BAB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BAB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB5CE

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB5CE	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.035 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbdd',
    500: '#bab5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab5ce;
$custom-light: #cecbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78512,
    "c": 0.03549,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB5CE

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9F478D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB5CE

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

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