#BA8BCD#BA8BCD

#BA8BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8BCD
RGB	rgb(186, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(283, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 29.64, -27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 40.20, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0768 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.107 316)
XYZ	xyz(40.5001, 33.3129, 62.0423)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8BCD #9ECD8B

analogous

#998BCD #BA8BCD #CD8BBF

triadic

#BA8BCD #CDBA8B #8BCDBA

tetradic

#BA8BCD #CD998B #9ECD8B #8BBFCD

square

#BA8BCD #CD998B #9ECD8B #8BBFCD

split-complementary

#BA8BCD #BFCD8B #8BCD99

monochromatic

#81439B #A160BB #BA8BCD #D3B6DF #EDE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BA8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BA8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8BCD

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8BCD	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B993A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaddc',
    500: '#ba8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8bcd;
$custom-light: #cfaddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.727,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.33312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8BCD

secondary

#D6E4D0

accent

#B33358

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8BCD

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

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