#BAB6C8#BAB6C8

#BAB6C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.026 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB6C8
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(253, 14%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, 4.85, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 9.85, 299.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.0112 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.026 296)
XYZ	xyz(47.4010, 48.0650, 61.4126)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB6C8 #C4C8B6

analogous

#B6BBC8 #BAB6C8 #C3B6C8

triadic

#BAB6C8 #C8BAB6 #B6C8BA

tetradic

#BAB6C8 #C8B6BB #C4C8B6 #B6C8C3

square

#BAB6C8 #C8B6BB #C4C8B6 #B6C8C3

split-complementary

#BAB6C8 #C8C3B6 #BBC8B6

monochromatic

#787093 #9993AE #BAB6C8 #DBD9E2 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BAB6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BAB6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB6C8

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB6C8	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.026 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbd8',
    500: '#bab6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab6c8;
$custom-light: #cecbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 14.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78513,
    "c": 0.02559,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.48065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB6C8

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#984D88

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB6C8

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

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