#BAA6E9#BAA6E9

#BAA6E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.096 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA6E9
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 233)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 20.68, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 37.26, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.045 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.096 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5907, 43.5945, 82.9296)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA6E9 #D5E9A6

analogous

#A6B3E9 #BAA6E9 #DBA6E9

triadic

#BAA6E9 #E9BAA6 #A6E9BA

tetradic

#BAA6E9 #E9A6B3 #D5E9A6 #A6E9DB

square

#BAA6E9 #E9A6B3 #D5E9A6 #A6E9DB

split-complementary

#BAA6E9 #E9DBA6 #B3E9A6

monochromatic

#6E44D1 #9475DD #BAA6E9 #E0D7F5 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BAA6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BAA6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA6E9

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA6E9	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.096 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc0f0',
    500: '#baa6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa6e9;
$custom-light: #cfc0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.91,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76625,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA6E9

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C81D95

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA6E9

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

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