#BA8DCD#BA8DCD

#BA8DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8DCD
RGB	rgb(186, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 28.53, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 38.90, 317.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0739 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.103 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7923, 33.8974, 62.1397)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8DCD #A0CD8D

analogous

#9A8DCD #BA8DCD #CD8DC0

triadic

#BA8DCD #CDBA8D #8DCDBA

tetradic

#BA8DCD #CD9A8D #A0CD8D #8DC0CD

square

#BA8DCD #CD9A8D #A0CD8D #8DC0CD

split-complementary

#BA8DCD #C0CD8D #8DCD9A

monochromatic

#82449B #A062BA #BA8DCD #D4B8E0 #EDE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BA8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BA8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8DCD

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8DCD	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B995A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfafdc',
    500: '#ba8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8dcd;
$custom-light: #cfafdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.188,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8DCD

secondary

#D7E5D1

accent

#B23359

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8DCD

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

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