#BAAEC8#BAAEC8

#BAAEC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.039 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAEC8
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(268, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 9.20, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 14.84, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.023 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.039 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8092, 44.8815, 60.8821)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAEC8 #BCC8AE

analogous

#AEAFC8 #BAAEC8 #C7AEC8

triadic

#BAAEC8 #C8BAAE #AEC8BA

tetradic

#BAAEC8 #C8AEAF #BCC8AE #AEC8C7

square

#BAAEC8 #C8AEAF #BCC8AE #AEC8C7

split-complementary

#BAAEC8 #C8C7AE #AFC8AE

monochromatic

#7C6696 #9B8AAF #BAAEC8 #D9D2E1 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BAAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BAAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAEC8

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAEC8	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.039 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6d8',
    500: '#baaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaec8;
$custom-light: #cec6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76911,
    "c": 0.03881,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAEC8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D4876

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAEC8

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

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