#BAA8BA#BAA8BA

#BAA8BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.032 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8BA
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 9.76, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 11.92, 324.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.0269 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.032 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1140, 41.9900, 52.2785)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8BA #A8BAA8

analogous

#B1A8BA #BAA8BA #BAA8B1

triadic

#BAA8BA #BABAA8 #A8BABA

tetradic

#BAA8BA #BAB1A8 #A8BAA8 #A8B1BA

square

#BAA8BA #BAB1A8 #A8BAA8 #A8B1BA

split-complementary

#BAA8BA #B1BAA8 #A8BAB1

monochromatic

#816681 #9F869F #BAA8BA #D5CAD5 #F0ECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BAA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8BA

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8BA	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.032 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1ce',
    500: '#baa8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8ba;
$custom-light: #cec1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75253,
    "c": 0.03244,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8BA

secondary

#DCE1DC

accent

#965050

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8BA

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

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