#BA8AEE#BA8AEE

#BA8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.149 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8AEE
RGB	rgb(186, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 37.37, -43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 57.47, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0854 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.149 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7676, 34.7893, 85.2289)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8AEE #BEEE8A

analogous

#8A8CEE #BA8AEE #EC8AEE

triadic

#BA8AEE #EEBA8A #8AEEBA

tetradic

#BA8AEE #EE8A8C #BEEE8A #8AEEEC

square

#BA8AEE #EE8A8C #BEEE8A #8AEEEC

split-complementary

#BA8AEE #EEEC8A #8CEE8A

monochromatic

#7B20DD #9A55E6 #BA8AEE #DABFF6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BA8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8AEE

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8AEE	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29AB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.149 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adf4',
    500: '#ba8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8aee;
$custom-light: #d0adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71843,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8AEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D70F77

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8AEE

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

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