#BAA4B8#BAA4B8

#BAA4B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.038 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA4B8
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(305, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(305, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 11.59, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 13.71, 327.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0322 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.038 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1758, 40.4513, 50.9242)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA4B8 #A4BAA6

analogous

#B1A4BA #BAA4B8 #BAA4AD

triadic

#BAA4B8 #B8BAA4 #A4B8BA

tetradic

#BAA4B8 #BAB1A4 #A4BAA6 #A4ADBA

square

#BAA4B8 #BAB1A4 #A4BAA6 #A4ADBA

split-complementary

#BAA4B8 #ADBAA4 #A4BAB1

monochromatic

#81627F #A0819D #BAA4B8 #D4C7D3 #EFEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BAA4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BAA4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA4B8

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA4B8	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.038 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfcd',
    500: '#baa4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa4b8;
$custom-light: #cebfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 13.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.03763,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA4B8

secondary

#DAE0DA

accent

#98544E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA4B8

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

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