#BA8ECB#BA8ECB

#BA8ECB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8ECB
RGB	rgb(186, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(283, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 27.56, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 37.26, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0718 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.099 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7006, 34.0977, 60.9258)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8ECB #9FCB8E

analogous

#9B8ECB #BA8ECB #CB8EBD

triadic

#BA8ECB #CBBA8E #8ECBBA

tetradic

#BA8ECB #CB9B8E #9FCB8E #8EBDCB

square

#BA8ECB #CB9B8E #9FCB8E #8EBDCB

split-complementary

#BA8ECB #BDCB8E #8ECB9B

monochromatic

#824698 #A064B8 #BA8ECB #D4B8DE #EDE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BA8ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BA8ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8ECB

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8ECB	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfafdb',
    500: '#ba8ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8ecb;
$custom-light: #cfafdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.279,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70949,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8ECB

secondary

#D6E4D1

accent

#B03658

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8ECB

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

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