#BAA9BB#BAA9BB

#BAA9BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.032 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA9BB
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(297, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 9.40, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 11.71, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0257 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.032 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4060, 42.4033, 52.9021)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA9BB #AABBA9

analogous

#B1A9BB #BAA9BB #BBA9B3

triadic

#BAA9BB #BBBAA9 #A9BBBA

tetradic

#BAA9BB #BBB1A9 #AABBA9 #A9B3BB

square

#BAA9BB #BBB1A9 #AABBA9 #A9B3BB

split-complementary

#BAA9BB #B3BBA9 #A9BBB1

monochromatic

#816782 #9F87A0 #BAA9BB #D5CBD6 #F1EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BAA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BAA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA9BB

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA9BB	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.032 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec2cf',
    500: '#baa9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa9bb;
$custom-light: #cec2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75484,
    "c": 0.03171,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA9BB

secondary

#DEE2DD

accent

#965054

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA9BB

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

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