#BAA8BF#BAA8BF

#BAA8BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.038 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8BF
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(287, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 10.72, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 14.24, 318.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.0287 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.038 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6549, 42.2064, 55.1270)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8BF #ADBFA8

analogous

#AEA8BF #BAA8BF #BFA8B8

triadic

#BAA8BF #BFBAA8 #A8BFBA

tetradic

#BAA8BF #BFAEA8 #ADBFA8 #A8B8BF

square

#BAA8BF #BFAEA8 #ADBFA8 #A8B8BF

split-complementary

#BAA8BF #B8BFA8 #A8BFAE

monochromatic

#806488 #9E85A5 #BAA8BF #D6CBD9 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BAA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8BF

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8BF	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.038 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1d2',
    500: '#baa8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8bf;
$custom-light: #cec1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.957,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75418,
    "c": 0.0381,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8BF

secondary

#E0E5DE

accent

#994C5D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8BF

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

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