#BA9CB6#BA9CB6

#BA9CB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.050 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9CB6
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(308, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(308, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 15.63, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 18.19, 329.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0438 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.05 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5807, 37.5943, 49.3656)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9CB6 #9CBAA0

analogous

#AF9CBA #BA9CB6 #BA9CA7

triadic

#BA9CB6 #B6BA9C #9CB6BA

tetradic

#BA9CB6 #BAAF9C #9CBAA0 #9CA7BA

square

#BA9CB6 #BAAF9C #9CBAA0 #9CA7BA

split-complementary

#BA9CB6 #A7BA9C #9CBAAF

monochromatic

#815A7C #A1789B #BA9CB6 #D3C0D1 #ECE4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BA9CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BA9CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9CB6

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9CB6	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.050 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9cb',
    500: '#ba9cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9cb6;
$custom-light: #cfb9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72773,
    "c": 0.05028,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9CB6

secondary

#D4DED5

accent

#9C5449

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9CB6

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

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