#BAA8BE#BAA8BE

#BAA8BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.037 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8BE
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(289, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 10.53, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 13.77, 319.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0283 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.037 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5452, 42.1625, 54.5494)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8BE #ACBEA8

analogous

#AFA8BE #BAA8BE #BEA8B7

triadic

#BAA8BE #BEBAA8 #A8BEBA

tetradic

#BAA8BE #BEAFA8 #ACBEA8 #A8B7BE

square

#BAA8BE #BEAFA8 #ACBEA8 #A8B7BE

split-complementary

#BAA8BE #B7BEA8 #A8BEAF

monochromatic

#816587 #9E85A4 #BAA8BE #D6CBD8 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BAA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8BE

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8BE	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.037 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1d1',
    500: '#baa8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8be;
$custom-light: #cec1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75385,
    "c": 0.03693,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8BE

secondary

#DFE4DE

accent

#994D5B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8BE

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

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