#BA9CD2#BA9CD2

#BA9CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.083 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9CD2
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(273, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 21.21, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 31.61, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0529 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.083 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7690, 38.8696, 66.1571)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9CD2 #B4D29C

analogous

#9F9CD2 #BA9CD2 #D29CCF

triadic

#BA9CD2 #D2BA9C #9CD2BA

tetradic

#BA9CD2 #D29F9C #B4D29C #9CCFD2

square

#BA9CD2 #D29F9C #B4D29C #9CCFD2

split-complementary

#BA9CD2 #CFD29C #9CD29F

monochromatic

#7F4CA7 #9D72BF #BA9CD2 #D7C6E5 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BA9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BA9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9CD2

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9CD2	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.083 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9e0',
    500: '#ba9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9cd2;
$custom-light: #cfb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73804,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9CD2

secondary

#E4ECDE

accent

#B0356C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9CD2

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

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