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#BAAEDC — Light Muted Purple

#BAAEDC is a purple color we call Light Muted Purple, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BAAEDC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BAAEDC is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CFDCAD; it also sits naturally between #ADB8DC and #D1ADDC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BAAEDC · RGB 186, 174, 220

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Color values

HEX#BAAEDC
RGB186, 174, 220
HSL256°, 40%, 77%
HSV256°, 21%, 86%
CMYK15%, 21%, 0%, 14%
XYZ48.30, 45.88, 74.02
Yxy45.88, 0.2872, 0.2728
CIE-Lab73.47, 13.38, -21.60
Hunter Lab67.73, 12.58, -21.88

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 68% · Blue 86%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 0% · Key 14%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BAAEDC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BAAEDC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BAAEDC

.text { color: #BAAEDC; }
.background { background-color: #BAAEDC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BAAEDC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 174, 220); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(256, 40%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BAAEDC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 174, 220, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BAAEDC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 174, 220, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BAAEDC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BAAEDC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BAAEDC

#A494D1#8C77C5#775EBA#6449AB#553F92#443276#36285D#271D44#171127#08060E

Tints of #BAAEDC

#BFB4DF#C6BBE2#CCC2E5#D2C9E8#D8D1EB#DBD4ED#E1DBF0#E7E2F3#EDEAF6#F3F1F9

Tones of #BAAEDC

#BBB0D8#BCB3D5#BEB7D2#C0BACE#C1BECB#C3C1C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFDCAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.06:1 Fails
Against black text10.18:1 AAA

Best text color on #BAAEDC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BAAEDC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BAAEDC: ·

How #BAAEDC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B5B5D1Deuteranopia · #B6B6CETritanopia · #B9C8C6

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BAAEDC rather than the exact color:

Gentle Dusk
#BCAADF · #7E5CBC · #5E3AA2 · #311F51
Palette 645caa
#645CAA · #A084CA · #BFACE0 · #EBC7E8
Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #F7DBF0 · #BEAEE2
Palette 645cbb
#645CBB · #A084DC · #BFACE2 · #EBC7E6
Honey Ruby Dusk
#4B7124 · #B5D989 · #8140C2 · #B7A5DA
Dreamy Tempest
#2529A4 · #A9262A · #3FD23B · #B2AFE3

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BCAADF#BFACE0#BEAEE2#BFACE2#B7A5DA#B2AFE3#C3AED6#BEB7E1#AFB4D9#BDA8E7#BFA2DB#B9AFE9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BAAEDB  ·  #BAAEDD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BAAEDC?

#BAAEDC is Light Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 186, 174, 220). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BAAEDC?

#BAAEDC is RGB 186, 174, 220 — HSL 256°, 40%, 77% — CMYK 15%, 21%, 0%, 14%.

What colors go with #BAAEDC?

Its complement is #CFDCAD; analogous partners are #ADB8DC and #D1ADDC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BAAEDC for text?

Black text on #BAAEDC has a contrast ratio of 10.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.06:1.