#BA8CD2#BA8CD2

#BA8CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8CD2
RGB	rgb(186, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 30.12, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 42.02, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0766 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.111 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2588, 33.8491, 65.3203)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8CD2 #A4D28C

analogous

#978CD2 #BA8CD2 #D28CC7

triadic

#BA8CD2 #D2BA8C #8CD2BA

tetradic

#BA8CD2 #D2978C #A4D28C #8CC7D2

square

#BA8CD2 #D2978C #A4D28C #8CC7D2

split-complementary

#BA8CD2 #C7D28C #8CD297

monochromatic

#8140A4 #A060C1 #BA8CD2 #D4B8E3 #EFE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BA8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BA8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8CD2

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8CD2	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B895A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfaee0',
    500: '#ba8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8cd2;
$custom-light: #cfaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70888,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8CD2

secondary

#DAE7D2

accent

#B72F5D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8CD2

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

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