#BAA0BD#BAA0BD

#BAA0BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.050 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA0BD
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(294, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 14.75, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 18.63, 322.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0401 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.05 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0046, 39.2555, 53.4985)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA0BD #A3BDA0

analogous

#ABA0BD #BAA0BD #BDA0B1

triadic

#BAA0BD #BDBAA0 #A0BDBA

tetradic

#BAA0BD #BDABA0 #A3BDA0 #A0B1BD

square

#BAA0BD #BDABA0 #A3BDA0 #A0B1BD

split-complementary

#BAA0BD #B1BDA0 #A0BDAB

monochromatic

#815D86 #A07CA4 #BAA0BD #D4C4D6 #EEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BAA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BAA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA0BD

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA0BD	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.050 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbcd0',
    500: '#baa0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa0bd;
$custom-light: #cfbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.793,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73786,
    "c": 0.05036,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA0BD

secondary

#D9E1D8

accent

#9C4952

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA0BD

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

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