#BA9EBC#BA9EBC

#BA9EBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.053 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9EBC
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 15.66, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 19.50, 323.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0428 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.053 324)
XYZ	xyz(41.5525, 38.5244, 52.8142)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9EBC #A0BC9E

analogous

#AB9EBC #BA9EBC #BC9EAF

triadic

#BA9EBC #BCBA9E #9EBCBA

tetradic

#BA9EBC #BCAB9E #A0BC9E #9EAFBC

square

#BA9EBC #BCAB9E #A0BC9E #9EAFBC

split-complementary

#BA9EBC #AFBC9E #9EBCAB

monochromatic

#825B84 #A07AA3 #BA9EBC #D4C2D5 #EDE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BA9EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BA9EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9EBC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9EBC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.053 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbad0',
    500: '#ba9ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9ebc;
$custom-light: #cfbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73365,
    "c": 0.05291,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.38524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9EBC

secondary

#D7E0D6

accent

#9D494E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9EBC

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

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