#BAA8CD#BAA8CD

#BAA8CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.056 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8CD
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(269, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 13.52, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 21.27, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0336 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.056 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2698, 42.8523, 63.6322)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8CD #BBCDA8

analogous

#A8A8CD #BAA8CD #CCA8CD

triadic

#BAA8CD #CDBAA8 #A8CDBA

tetradic

#BAA8CD #CDA8A8 #BBCDA8 #A8CDCC

square

#BAA8CD #CDA8A8 #BBCDA8 #A8CDCC

split-complementary

#BAA8CD #CDCCA8 #A8CDA8

monochromatic

#7C5B9F #9B81B7 #BAA8CD #D9CFE3 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BAA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BAA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8CD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8CD	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.056 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1dc',
    500: '#baa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8cd;
$custom-light: #cfc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75908,
    "c": 0.05569,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8CD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A64074

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8CD

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

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