#BAA0B8#BAA0B8

#BAA0B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.045 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA0B8
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 184)
HSL	hsl(305, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(305, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 13.79, -8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 16.38, 327.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0383 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.045 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4712, 39.0421, 50.6893)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA0B8 #A0BAA2

analogous

#AFA0BA #BAA0B8 #BAA0AB

triadic

#BAA0B8 #B8BAA0 #A0B8BA

tetradic

#BAA0B8 #BAAFA0 #A0BAA2 #A0ABBA

square

#BAA0B8 #BAAFA0 #A0BAA2 #A0ABBA

split-complementary

#BAA0B8 #ABBAA0 #A0BAAF

monochromatic

#825E7F #A07D9E #BAA0B8 #D4C3D2 #EDE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BAA0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA0B8

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA0B8	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.045 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebccd',
    500: '#baa0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa0b8;
$custom-light: #cebccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73615,
    "c": 0.04496,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA0B8

secondary

#D7DFD8

accent

#9A514B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA0B8

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

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