#BA9FBC#BA9FBC

#BA9FBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.051 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9FBC
RGB	rgb(186, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 15.11, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 18.83, 323.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0413 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.051 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7237, 38.8669, 52.8713)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9FBC #A1BC9F

analogous

#AB9FBC #BA9FBC #BC9FAF

triadic

#BA9FBC #BCBA9F #9FBCBA

tetradic

#BA9FBC #BCAB9F #A1BC9F #9FAFBC

square

#BA9FBC #BCAB9F #A1BC9F #9FAFBC

split-complementary

#BA9FBC #AFBC9F #9FBCAB

monochromatic

#825C84 #A07BA3 #BA9FBC #D4C3D5 #EEE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BA9FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BA9FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9FBC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9FBC	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.051 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbbd0',
    500: '#ba9fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9fbc;
$custom-light: #cfbbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.862,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.05107,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9FBC

secondary

#D8E0D7

accent

#9C494F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9FBC

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

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