#BAAFBC#BAAFBC

#BAAFBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.022 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAFBC
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(291, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 6.31, -5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 8.18, 320.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% 0.0171 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.022 321)
XYZ	xyz(44.6554, 44.7302, 53.8485)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAFBC #B1BCAF

analogous

#B3AFBC #BAAFBC #BCAFB7

triadic

#BAAFBC #BCBAAF #AFBCBA

tetradic

#BAAFBC #BCB3AF #B1BCAF #AFB7BC

square

#BAAFBC #BCB3AF #B1BCAF #AFB7BC

split-complementary

#BAAFBC #B7BCAF #AFBCB3

monochromatic

#806E83 #9D8EA0 #BAAFBC #D7D0D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BAAFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BAAFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAFBC

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAFBC	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baafbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.022 321.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baafbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76715,
    "c": 0.02197,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.4473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAFBC

secondary

#E2E5E2

accent

#93535D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAFBC

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

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