#BAAFBF#BAAFBF

#BAAFBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.026 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAFBF
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(281, 11%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, 6.89, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 9.63, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.0182 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.026 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9821, 44.8609, 55.5694)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAFBF #B4BFAF

analogous

#B2AFBF #BAAFBF #BFAFBC

triadic

#BAAFBF #BFBAAF #AFBFBA

tetradic

#BAAFBF #BFB2AF #B4BFAF #AFBCBF

square

#BAAFBF #BFB2AF #B4BFAF #AFBCBF

split-complementary

#BAAFBF #BCBFAF #AFBFB2

monochromatic

#7F6C87 #9D8DA4 #BAAFBF #D7D1DA #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BAAFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BAAFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAFBF

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAFBF	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baafbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.026 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6d2',
    500: '#baafbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baafbf;
$custom-light: #cec6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baafbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76811,
    "c": 0.02554,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAFBF

secondary

#E4E7E3

accent

#955066

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAFBF

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

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