#BA8BEE#BA8BEE

#BA8BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.147 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8BEE
RGB	rgb(186, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 36.82, -43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 56.84, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.084 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.147 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9117, 35.0776, 85.2770)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8BEE #BFEE8B

analogous

#8B8EEE #BA8BEE #EC8BEE

triadic

#BA8BEE #EEBA8B #8BEEBA

tetradic

#BA8BEE #EE8B8E #BFEE8B #8BEEEC

square

#BA8BEE #EE8B8E #BFEE8B #8BEEEC

split-complementary

#BA8BEE #EEEC8B #8EEE8B

monochromatic

#7B21DE #9A56E6 #BA8BEE #DAC0F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA8BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BA8BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8BEE

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8BEE	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.147 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adf4',
    500: '#ba8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8bee;
$custom-light: #d0adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.485,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72012,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8BEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D70F78

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8BEE

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

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