#BA9CBE#BA9CBE

#BA9CBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.059 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9CBE
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(293, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 17.16, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 21.76, 322.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0465 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.059 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4312, 37.9344, 53.8447)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9CBE #A0BE9C

analogous

#A99CBE #BA9CBE #BE9CB1

triadic

#BA9CBE #BEBA9C #9CBEBA

tetradic

#BA9CBE #BEA99C #A0BE9C #9CB1BE

square

#BA9CBE #BEA99C #A0BE9C #9CB1BE

split-complementary

#BA9CBE #B1BE9C #9CBEA9

monochromatic

#825987 #A077A6 #BA9CBE #D4C1D6 #EDE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BA9CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BA9CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9CBE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9CBE	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.059 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9d1',
    500: '#ba9cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9cbe;
$custom-light: #cfb9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73051,
    "c": 0.05879,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9CBE

secondary

#D7E0D6

accent

#9F4651

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9CBE

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

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