#BAAAE8#BAAAE8

#BAAAE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.089 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAAE8
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 232)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 26.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 18.23, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 34.25, 302.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.0391 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.089 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1867, 45.0144, 82.4256)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAAE8 #D8E8AA

analogous

#AAB9E8 #BAAAE8 #D9AAE8

triadic

#BAAAE8 #E8BAAA #AAE8BA

tetradic

#BAAAE8 #E8AAB9 #D8E8AA #AAE8D9

square

#BAAAE8 #E8AAB9 #D8E8AA #AAE8D9

split-complementary

#BAAAE8 #E8D9AA #B9E8AA

monochromatic

#6C4ACE #937ADB #BAAAE8 #E1DAF5 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAAAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BAAAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAAE8

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAAE8	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.089 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc3ef',
    500: '#baaae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaae8;
$custom-light: #cfc3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7734,
    "c": 0.08875,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAAE8

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C5219B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAAE8

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

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