#BAADC8#BAADC8

#BAADC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.041 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAADC8
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(269, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 9.75, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 15.48, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% 0.0244 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.041 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6168, 44.4965, 60.8179)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAADC8 #BBC8AD

analogous

#ADADC8 #BAADC8 #C7ADC8

triadic

#BAADC8 #C8BAAD #ADC8BA

tetradic

#BAADC8 #C8ADAD #BBC8AD #ADC8C7

square

#BAADC8 #C8ADAD #BBC8AD #ADC8C7

split-complementary

#BAADC8 #C8C7AD #ADC8AD

monochromatic

#7C6596 #9B88AF #BAADC8 #D9D2E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BAADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BAADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAADC8

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAADC8	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baadc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.041 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec5d8',
    500: '#baadc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baadc8;
$custom-light: #cec5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baadc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 19.708,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76713,
    "c": 0.04052,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAADC8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E4774

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAADC8

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

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