#BAA3BF#BAA3BF

#BAA3BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.047 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA3BF
RGB	rgb(186, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(289, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(289, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 13.48, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 17.57, 320.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0362 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.047 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7495, 40.3956, 54.8252)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA3BF #A8BFA3

analogous

#ACA3BF #BAA3BF #BFA3B6

triadic

#BAA3BF #BFBAA3 #A3BFBA

tetradic

#BAA3BF #BFACA3 #A8BFA3 #A3B6BF

square

#BAA3BF #BFACA3 #A8BFA3 #A3B6BF

split-complementary

#BAA3BF #B6BFA3 #A3BFAC

monochromatic

#815F89 #9F7FA6 #BAA3BF #D5C7D8 #F0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BAA3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BAA3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA3BF

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA3BF	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)

#A0A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.047 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebed2',
    500: '#baa3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa3bf;
$custom-light: #cebed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.04716,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA3BF

secondary

#DCE3DB

accent

#9C4958

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA3BF

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

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