#BAA8B8#BAA8B8

#BAA8B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.030 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8B8
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 184)
HSL	hsl(307, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(307, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 9.38, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 11.05, 328.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0261 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.03 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9029, 41.9056, 51.1666)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8B8 #A8BAAA

analogous

#B3A8BA #BAA8B8 #BAA8AF

triadic

#BAA8B8 #B8BAA8 #A8B8BA

tetradic

#BAA8B8 #BAB3A8 #A8BAAA #A8AFBA

square

#BAA8B8 #BAB3A8 #A8BAAA #A8AFBA

split-complementary

#BAA8B8 #AFBAA8 #A8BAB3

monochromatic

#81667E #9F869C #BAA8B8 #D5CAD4 #F0ECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAA8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BAA8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8B8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8B8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.030 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1cd',
    500: '#baa8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8b8;
$custom-light: #cec1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75189,
    "c": 0.03034,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8B8

secondary

#DCE1DD

accent

#965850

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8B8

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

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