#BAAEBC#BAAEBC

#BAAEBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.024 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAEBC
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(291, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, 6.86, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 8.85, 320.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0186 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.024 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4615, 44.3423, 53.7839)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAEBC #B0BCAE

analogous

#B3AEBC #BAAEBC #BCAEB7

triadic

#BAAEBC #BCBAAE #AEBCBA

tetradic

#BAAEBC #BCB3AE #B0BCAE #AEB7BC

square

#BAAEBC #BCB3AE #B0BCAE #AEB7BC

split-complementary

#BAAEBC #B7BCAE #AEBCB3

monochromatic

#806C83 #9D8DA0 #BAAEBC #D7CFD8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BAAEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BAAEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAEBC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAEBC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.024 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6d0',
    500: '#baaebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaebc;
$custom-light: #cec6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76514,
    "c": 0.02377,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAEBC

secondary

#E2E5E1

accent

#93525B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAEBC

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

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