#BA95CD#BA95CD

#BA95CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.089 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA95CD
RGB	rgb(186, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 24.07, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 33.66, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0619 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.089 314)
XYZ	xyz(42.0148, 36.3424, 62.5472)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA95CD #A8CD95

analogous

#9E95CD #BA95CD #CD95C4

triadic

#BA95CD #CDBA95 #95CDBA

tetradic

#BA95CD #CD9E95 #A8CD95 #95C4CD

square

#BA95CD #CD9E95 #A8CD95 #95C4CD

split-complementary

#BA95CD #C4CD95 #95CD9E

monochromatic

#814A9D #9F6BB9 #BA95CD #D5BFE1 #F0E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BA95CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BA95CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA95CD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA95CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA95CD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba95cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.089 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb4dc',
    500: '#ba95cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba95cd;
$custom-light: #cfb4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba95cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.36342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA95CD

secondary

#DCE7D7

accent

#AF375F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA95CD

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

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