#BAA5CD#BAA5CD

#BAA5CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.061 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA5CD
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 15.17, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 23.21, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.038 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.061 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7223, 41.7574, 63.4497)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA5CD #B8CDA5

analogous

#A6A5CD #BAA5CD #CDA5CC

triadic

#BAA5CD #CDBAA5 #A5CDBA

tetradic

#BAA5CD #CDA6A5 #B8CDA5 #A5CCCD

square

#BAA5CD #CDA6A5 #B8CDA5 #A5CCCD

split-complementary

#BAA5CD #CCCDA5 #A5CDA6

monochromatic

#7E589F #9C7EB7 #BAA5CD #D8CCE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BAA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BAA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA5CD

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA5CD	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.061 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfdc',
    500: '#baa5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa5cd;
$custom-light: #cfbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.06088,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA5CD

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A73E70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA5CD

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

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