#BAA5CE#BAA5CE

#BAA5CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.062 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA5CE
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(271, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 15.38, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 23.72, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0383 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.062 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8434, 41.8058, 64.0875)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA5CE #B9CEA5

analogous

#A6A5CE #BAA5CE #CEA5CD

triadic

#BAA5CE #CEBAA5 #A5CEBA

tetradic

#BAA5CE #CEA6A5 #B9CEA5 #A5CDCE

square

#BAA5CE #CEA6A5 #B9CEA5 #A5CDCE

split-complementary

#BAA5CE #CDCEA5 #A5CEA6

monochromatic

#7D58A1 #9C7DB8 #BAA5CE #D8CDE4 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BAA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BAA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA5CE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA5CE	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.062 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfdd',
    500: '#baa5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa5ce;
$custom-light: #cfbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75363,
    "c": 0.06218,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA5CE

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A83D71

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA5CE

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

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