#BA9CB8#BA9CB8

#BA9CB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.052 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9CB8
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(304, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(304, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 16.01, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 19.05, 327.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0445 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.052 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7889, 37.6775, 50.4619)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9CB8 #9CBA9E

analogous

#AD9CBA #BA9CB8 #BA9CA9

triadic

#BA9CB8 #B8BA9C #9CB8BA

tetradic

#BA9CB8 #BAAD9C #9CBA9E #9CA9BA

square

#BA9CB8 #BAAD9C #9CBA9E #9CA9BA

split-complementary

#BA9CB8 #A9BA9C #9CBAAD

monochromatic

#815A7F #A1789E #BA9CB8 #D3C0D2 #ECE4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BA9CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BA9CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9CB8

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9CB8	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.052 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9cd',
    500: '#ba9cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9cb8;
$custom-light: #cfb9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72841,
    "c": 0.05231,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9CB8

secondary

#D4DED5

accent

#9C4F49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9CB8

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

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