#BA50E6#BA50E6

#BA50E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.227 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA50E6
RGB	rgb(186, 80, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 65.05, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 86.97, 318.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.159 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.227 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3989, 21.8908, 77.1029)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA50E6 #7CE650

analogous

#6F50E6 #BA50E6 #E650C7

triadic

#BA50E6 #E6BA50 #50E6BA

tetradic

#BA50E6 #E66F50 #7CE650 #50C7E6

square

#BA50E6 #E66F50 #7CE650 #50C7E6

split-complementary

#BA50E6 #C7E650 #50E66F

monochromatic

#7B17A4 #A31FDA #BA50E6 #CF86EE #E4BBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BA50E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BA50E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA50E6

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA50E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA50E6	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba50e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 80, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.227 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388ef',
    500: '#ba50e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba50e6;
$custom-light: #d388ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba50e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.4,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63099,
    "c": 0.22724,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA50E6

secondary

#BDE5AC

accent

#D70E49

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA50E6

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

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