#BA90CD#BA90CD

#BA90CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.098 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA90CD
RGB	rgb(186, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(281, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 26.86, -25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 36.94, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0694 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.098 315)
XYZ	xyz(41.2407, 34.7941, 62.2892)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA90CD #A3CD90

analogous

#9B90CD #BA90CD #CD90C1

triadic

#BA90CD #CDBA90 #90CDBA

tetradic

#BA90CD #CD9B90 #A3CD90 #90C1CD

square

#BA90CD #CD9B90 #A3CD90 #90C1CD

split-complementary

#BA90CD #C1CD90 #90CD9B

monochromatic

#81469C #A066BA #BA90CD #D4BAE0 #EEE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA90CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BA90CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA90CD

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA90CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA90CD	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B997A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba90cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.098 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb1dc',
    500: '#ba90cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba90cd;
$custom-light: #cfb1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba90cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.311,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71392,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.34793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA90CD

secondary

#D9E6D3

accent

#B1355B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F5FB

border

#D2CFD4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA90CD

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

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