#BAA0BE#BAA0BE

#BAA0BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.051 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA0BE
RGB	rgb(186, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(292, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 14.94, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 19.09, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0405 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.051 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1135, 39.2990, 54.0722)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA0BE #A4BEA0

analogous

#ABA0BE #BAA0BE #BEA0B3

triadic

#BAA0BE #BEBAA0 #A0BEBA

tetradic

#BAA0BE #BEABA0 #A4BEA0 #A0B3BE

square

#BAA0BE #BEABA0 #A4BEA0 #A0B3BE

split-complementary

#BAA0BE #B3BEA0 #A0BEAB

monochromatic

#815C87 #A07CA5 #BAA0BE #D4C4D7 #EFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BAA0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BAA0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA0BE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA0BE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.051 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbcd1',
    500: '#baa0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa0be;
$custom-light: #cfbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7382,
    "c": 0.05148,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA0BE

secondary

#DAE1D8

accent

#9D4854

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA0BE

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

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