#BA99CD#BA99CD

#BA99CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.082 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA99CD
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 21.84, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 31.04, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0559 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.082 313)
XYZ	xyz(42.6586, 37.6299, 62.7618)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA99CD #ACCD99

analogous

#A099CD #BA99CD #CD99C6

triadic

#BA99CD #CDBA99 #99CDBA

tetradic

#BA99CD #CDA099 #ACCD99 #99C6CD

square

#BA99CD #CDA099 #ACCD99 #99C6CD

split-complementary

#BA99CD #C6CD99 #99CDA0

monochromatic

#814D9E #9E70B9 #BA99CD #D6C2E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BA99CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BA99CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA99CD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA99CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA99CD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba99cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.082 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7dc',
    500: '#ba99cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba99cd;
$custom-light: #cfb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba99cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.077,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73046,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.37629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA99CD

secondary

#DFE8DA

accent

#AD3863

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA99CD

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

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