#BA8ECD#BA8ECD

#BA8ECD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8ECD
RGB	rgb(186, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 27.97, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 38.25, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0724 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.102 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9405, 34.1936, 62.1891)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8ECD #A1CD8E

analogous

#9A8ECD #BA8ECD #CD8EC0

triadic

#BA8ECD #CDBA8E #8ECDBA

tetradic

#BA8ECD #CD9A8E #A1CD8E #8EC0CD

square

#BA8ECD #CD9A8E #A1CD8E #8EC0CD

split-complementary

#BA8ECD #C0CD8E #8ECD9A

monochromatic

#82459C #A064BA #BA8ECD #D4B8E0 #EEE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BA8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BA8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8ECD

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8ECD	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B996A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfafdc',
    500: '#ba8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8ecd;
$custom-light: #cfafdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.905,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71032,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8ECD

secondary

#D8E5D2

accent

#B2345A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8ECD

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

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