#BAA5CC#BAA5CC

#BAA5CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.060 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA5CC
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(272, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 14.97, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 22.70, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0377 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.06 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6020, 41.7093, 62.8160)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA5CC #B7CCA5

analogous

#A7A5CC #BAA5CC #CCA5CB

triadic

#BAA5CC #CCBAA5 #A5CCBA

tetradic

#BAA5CC #CCA7A5 #B7CCA5 #A5CBCC

square

#BAA5CC #CCA7A5 #B7CCA5 #A5CBCC

split-complementary

#BAA5CC #CBCCA5 #A5CCA7

monochromatic

#7E599D #9C7EB6 #BAA5CC #D8CCE2 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BAA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BAA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA5CC

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA5CC	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.060 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfdb',
    500: '#baa5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa5cc;
$custom-light: #cfbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75289,
    "c": 0.05959,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA5CC

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A63F6F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA5CC

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

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