#BAA8BB#BAA8BB

#BAA8BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.034 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8BB
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(297, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 9.95, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 12.37, 323.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0272 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.034 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2207, 42.0327, 52.8403)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8BB #A9BBA8

analogous

#B1A8BB #BAA8BB #BBA8B3

triadic

#BAA8BB #BBBAA8 #A8BBBA

tetradic

#BAA8BB #BBB1A8 #A9BBA8 #A8B3BB

square

#BAA8BB #BBB1A8 #A9BBA8 #A8B3BB

split-complementary

#BAA8BB #B3BBA8 #A8BBB1

monochromatic

#816683 #9F86A0 #BAA8BB #D5CAD6 #F0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BAA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8BB

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8BB	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.034 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1cf',
    500: '#baa8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8bb;
$custom-light: #cec1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75286,
    "c": 0.03353,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8BB

secondary

#DDE2DD

accent

#964F53

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8BB

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

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