#BAB6CC#BAB6CC

#BAB6CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.031 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB6CC
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(251, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 5.65, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 11.99, 298.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0127 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.031 294)
XYZ	xyz(47.8746, 48.2545, 63.9069)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB6CC #C8CCB6

analogous

#B6BDCC #BAB6CC #C5B6CC

triadic

#BAB6CC #CCBAB6 #B6CCBA

tetradic

#BAB6CC #CCB6BD #C8CCB6 #B6CCC5

square

#BAB6CC #CCB6BD #C8CCB6 #B6CCC5

split-complementary

#BAB6CC #CCC5B6 #BDCCB6

monochromatic

#766E9A #9892B3 #BAB6CC #DCDAE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BAB6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BAB6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB6CC

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB6CC	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.031 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbdb',
    500: '#bab6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab6cc;
$custom-light: #cecbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 17.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78645,
    "c": 0.03114,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.48255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB6CC

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C498D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB6CC

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

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