#BAA8EA#BAA8EA

#BAA8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.095 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA8EA
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, 19.79, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 36.55, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0424 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.095 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1003, 44.3845, 83.8062)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA8EA #D8EAA8

analogous

#A8B7EA #BAA8EA #DBA8EA

triadic

#BAA8EA #EABAA8 #A8EABA

tetradic

#BAA8EA #EAA8B7 #D8EAA8 #A8EADB

square

#BAA8EA #EAA8B7 #D8EAA8 #A8EADB

split-complementary

#BAA8EA #EADBA8 #B7EAA8

monochromatic

#6C45D2 #9377DE #BAA8EA #E1D9F6 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BAA8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BAA8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA8EA

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA8EA	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.095 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc2f1',
    500: '#baa8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa8ea;
$custom-light: #cfc2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77044,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA8EA

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C91D9A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA8EA

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

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