#BA9DCD#BA9DCD

#BA9DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.075 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9DCD
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 19.61, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 28.42, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0499 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.075 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3243, 38.9613, 62.9837)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9DCD #B0CD9D

analogous

#A29DCD #BA9DCD #CD9DC8

triadic

#BA9DCD #CDBA9D #9DCDBA

tetradic

#BA9DCD #CDA29D #B0CD9D #9DC8CD

square

#BA9DCD #CDA29D #B0CD9D #9DC8CD

split-complementary

#BA9DCD #C8CD9D #9DCDA2

monochromatic

#80519F #9D74B8 #BA9DCD #D7C6E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BA9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BA9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9DCD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9DCD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.075 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbadc',
    500: '#ba9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9dcd;
$custom-light: #cfbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.25,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73797,
    "c": 0.07492,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9DCD

secondary

#E2E9DD

accent

#AB3A67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9DCD

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

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