#BAACEE#BAACEE

#BAACEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.094 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAACEE
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(253, 66%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(253, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, 18.49, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 36.22, 300.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% 0.0379 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.094 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4313, 46.1167, 87.1168)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAACEE #E0EEAC

analogous

#ACBFEE #BAACEE #DBACEE

triadic

#BAACEE #EEBAAC #ACEEBA

tetradic

#BAACEE #EEACBF #E0EEAC #ACEEDB

square

#BAACEE #EEACBF #E0EEAC #ACEEDB

split-complementary

#BAACEE #EEDBAC #BFEEAC

monochromatic

#6646D9 #9079E4 #BAACEE #E4DFF8 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BAACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BAACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAACEE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAACEE	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baacee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.094 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4f3',
    500: '#baacee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baacee;
$custom-light: #cfc4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baacee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77969,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAACEE

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CE18A7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAACEE

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

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