#BA8CEE#BA8CEE

#BA8CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.145 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8CEE
RGB	rgb(186, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 36.27, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 56.21, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0826 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.145 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0572, 35.3685, 85.3255)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8CEE #C0EE8C

analogous

#8C8FEE #BA8CEE #EB8CEE

triadic

#BA8CEE #EEBA8C #8CEEBA

tetradic

#BA8CEE #EE8C8F #C0EE8C #8CEEEB

square

#BA8CEE #EE8C8F #C0EE8C #8CEEEB

split-complementary

#BA8CEE #EEEB8C #8FEE8C

monochromatic

#7A21DE #9A57E6 #BA8CEE #DAC1F6 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BA8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BA8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8CEE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8CEE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29CB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.145 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aef4',
    500: '#ba8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8cee;
$custom-light: #d0aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.163,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72182,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8CEE

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D60F79

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8CEE

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

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