#BA8BD2#BA8BD2

#BA8BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8BD2
RGB	rgb(186, 139, 210)
HSL	hsl(280, 44%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 34%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 30.68, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 42.67, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0781 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.113 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1133, 33.5582, 65.2718)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8BD2 #A3D28B

analogous

#968BD2 #BA8BD2 #D28BC6

triadic

#BA8BD2 #D2BA8B #8BD2BA

tetradic

#BA8BD2 #D2968B #A3D28B #8BC6D2

square

#BA8BD2 #D2968B #A3D28B #8BC6D2

split-complementary

#BA8BD2 #C6D28B #8BD296

monochromatic

#813FA3 #A05FC1 #BA8BD2 #D4B7E3 #EEE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BA8BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BA8BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8BD2

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8BD2	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B894A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfade0',
    500: '#ba8bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8bd2;
$custom-light: #cfade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70711,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8BD2

secondary

#D9E7D2

accent

#B72E5D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8BD2

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

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