#BAA1CE#BAA1CE

#BAA1CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.069 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA1CE
RGB	rgb(186, 161, 206)
HSL	hsl(273, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 17.60, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 26.32, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0443 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.069 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1332, 40.3854, 63.8507)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA1CE #B5CEA1

analogous

#A4A1CE #BAA1CE #CEA1CC

triadic

#BAA1CE #CEBAA1 #A1CEBA

tetradic

#BAA1CE #CEA4A1 #B5CEA1 #A1CCCE

square

#BAA1CE #CEA4A1 #B5CEA1 #A1CCCE

split-complementary

#BAA1CE #CCCEA1 #A1CEA4

monochromatic

#7F54A1 #9C79B9 #BAA1CE #D8C9E3 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BAA1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BAA1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA1CE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA1CE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 161, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.069 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbddd',
    500: '#baa1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa1ce;
$custom-light: #cfbddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 31.469,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74595,
    "c": 0.06915,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA1CE

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#AA3B6D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA1CE

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

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