#BAA5EB#BAA5EB

#BAA5EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.101 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA5EB
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(258, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 21.68, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 38.94, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0469 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.101 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6969, 43.3472, 84.3825)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA5EB #D6EBA5

analogous

#A5B3EB #BAA5EB #DDA5EB

triadic

#BAA5EB #EBBAA5 #A5EBBA

tetradic

#BAA5EB #EBA5B3 #D6EBA5 #A5EBDD

square

#BAA5EB #EBA5B3 #D6EBA5 #A5EBDD

split-complementary

#BAA5EB #EBDDA5 #B3EBA5

monochromatic

#6D41D5 #9473E0 #BAA5EB #E0D7F6 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BAA5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BAA5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA5EB

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA5EB	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.101 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbff1',
    500: '#baa5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa5eb;
$custom-light: #cfbff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76522,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA5EB

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CB1A96

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA5EB

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

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