#BAA8C8#BAA8C8

#BAA8C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.049 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8C8
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 12.50, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 18.71, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0319 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.049 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6759, 42.6148, 60.5043)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8C8 #B6C8A8

analogous

#AAA8C8 #BAA8C8 #C8A8C6

triadic

#BAA8C8 #C8BAA8 #A8C8BA

tetradic

#BAA8C8 #C8AAA8 #B6C8A8 #A8C6C8

square

#BAA8C8 #C8AAA8 #B6C8A8 #A8C6C8

split-complementary

#BAA8C8 #C6C8A8 #A8C8AA

monochromatic

#7E5F96 #9C83B0 #BAA8C8 #D8CDE0 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BAA8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BAA8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8C8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8C8	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.049 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1d8',
    500: '#baa8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8c8;
$custom-light: #cec1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.04922,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8C8

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A1456D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8C8

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

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