#BAB6C2#BAB6C2

#BAB6C2 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.017 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB6C2
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 194)
HSL	hsl(260, 9%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 6%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 3.67, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 6.67, 303.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% 0.009 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.017 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7135, 47.7900, 57.7919)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB6C2 #BEC2B6

analogous

#B6B8C2 #BAB6C2 #C0B6C2

triadic

#BAB6C2 #C2BAB6 #B6C2BA

tetradic

#BAB6C2 #C2B6B8 #BEC2B6 #B6C2C0

square

#BAB6C2 #C2B6B8 #BEC2B6 #B6C2C0

split-complementary

#BAB6C2 #C2C0B6 #B8C2B6

monochromatic

#7B738A #9A95A6 #BAB6C2 #DAD7DE #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BAB6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BAB6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB6C2

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB6C2	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B8C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.017 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbd4',
    500: '#bab6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab6c2;
$custom-light: #cecbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 8.955,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78319,
    "c": 0.01734,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB6C2

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#93537D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB6C2

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

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