#BAA5BB#BAA5BB

#BAA5BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.039 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA5BB
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(297, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(297, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 11.60, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 14.37, 323.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0318 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.039 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6732, 40.9378, 52.6578)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA5BB #A6BBA5

analogous

#AFA5BB #BAA5BB #BBA5B1

triadic

#BAA5BB #BBBAA5 #A5BBBA

tetradic

#BAA5BB #BBAFA5 #A6BBA5 #A5B1BB

square

#BAA5BB #BBAFA5 #A6BBA5 #A5B1BB

split-complementary

#BAA5BB #B1BBA5 #A5BBAF

monochromatic

#816383 #9F82A1 #BAA5BB #D5C8D5 #EFEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BAA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA5BB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA5BB	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.039 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfcf',
    500: '#baa5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa5bb;
$custom-light: #cebfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74694,
    "c": 0.039,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA5BB

secondary

#DBE1DB

accent

#984D51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA5BB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →