#BAAAC6#BAAAC6

#BAAAC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.043 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAAC6
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 20%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 11.00, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 16.39, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0282 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.043 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8157, 43.2660, 59.4054)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAAC6 #B6C6AA

analogous

#ACAAC6 #BAAAC6 #C6AAC4

triadic

#BAAAC6 #C6BAAA #AAC6BA

tetradic

#BAAAC6 #C6ACAA #B6C6AA #AAC4C6

square

#BAAAC6 #C6ACAA #B6C6AA #AAC4C6

split-complementary

#BAAAC6 #C4C6AA #AAC6AC

monochromatic

#7E6393 #9C85AD #BAAAC6 #D8CFDF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BAAAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BAAAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAAC6

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAAC6	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.043 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec3d7',
    500: '#baaac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaac6;
$custom-light: #cec3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 19.718,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.04315,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAAC6

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E476D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAAC6

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

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