#BAA4BE#BAA4BE

#BAA4BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.044 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA4BE
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 12.73, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 16.43, 320.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0344 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.044 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8181, 40.7082, 54.3070)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA4BE #A8BEA4

analogous

#ADA4BE #BAA4BE #BEA4B5

triadic

#BAA4BE #BEBAA4 #A4BEBA

tetradic

#BAA4BE #BEADA4 #A8BEA4 #A4B5BE

square

#BAA4BE #BEADA4 #A8BEA4 #A4B5BE

split-complementary

#BAA4BE #B5BEA4 #A4BEAD

monochromatic

#816187 #9F80A5 #BAA4BE #D5C8D8 #F0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BAA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA4BE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA4BE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.044 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfd1',
    500: '#baa4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa4be;
$custom-light: #cebfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74599,
    "c": 0.04419,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA4BE

secondary

#DCE3DB

accent

#9B4B57

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA4BE

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

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