#BAA9E9#BAA9E9

#BAA9E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.092 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA9E9
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 233)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 27.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 19.01, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 35.40, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% 0.0408 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.092 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1424, 44.6979, 83.1135)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA9E9 #D8E9A9

analogous

#A9B8E9 #BAA9E9 #DAA9E9

triadic

#BAA9E9 #E9BAA9 #A9E9BA

tetradic

#BAA9E9 #E9A9B8 #D8E9A9 #A9E9DA

square

#BAA9E9 #E9A9B8 #D8E9A9 #A9E9DA

split-complementary

#BAA9E9 #E9DAA9 #B8E9A9

monochromatic

#6C48D0 #9378DD #BAA9E9 #E1DAF5 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BAA9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BAA9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA9E9

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA9E9	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.092 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc2f0',
    500: '#baa9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa9e9;
$custom-light: #cfc2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.938,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77191,
    "c": 0.0917,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA9E9

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C71F9A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA9E9

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

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