#BAA2B8#BAA2B8

#BAA2B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.041 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA2B8
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(305, 15%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(305, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 12.69, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 15.04, 327.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0353 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.041 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8207, 39.7411, 50.8058)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA2B8 #A2BAA4

analogous

#B0A2BA #BAA2B8 #BAA2AC

triadic

#BAA2B8 #B8BAA2 #A2B8BA

tetradic

#BAA2B8 #BAB0A2 #A2BAA4 #A2ACBA

square

#BAA2B8 #BAB0A2 #A2BAA4 #A2ACBA

split-complementary

#BAA2B8 #ACBAA2 #A2BAB0

monochromatic

#82607F #A07F9D #BAA2B8 #D4C5D3 #EEE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BAA2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BAA2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA2B8

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA2B8	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.041 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebdcd',
    500: '#baa2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa2b8;
$custom-light: #cebdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 14.815,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74006,
    "c": 0.0413,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA2B8

secondary

#D8E0D9

accent

#99534C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA2B8

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

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