#BA51D5#BA51D5

#BA51D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.210 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA51D5
RGB	rgb(186, 81, 213)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 62%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 61.26, -49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 78.71, 321.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.1582 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.21 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2008, 21.1296, 65.1621)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA51D5 #6CD551

analogous

#7851D5 #BA51D5 #D551AE

triadic

#BA51D5 #D5BA51 #51D5BA

tetradic

#BA51D5 #D57851 #6CD551 #51AED5

square

#BA51D5 #D57851 #6CD551 #51AED5

split-complementary

#BA51D5 #AED551 #51D578

monochromatic

#75218A #9E2DBC #BA51D5 #CE82E1 #E1B4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#BA51D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#BA51D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA51D5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA51D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA51D5	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C78D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA678C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba51d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 81, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.210 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288e2',
    500: '#ba51d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba51d5;
$custom-light: #d288e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba51d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62192,
    "c": 0.20995,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA51D5

secondary

#B1DBA6

accent

#E44464

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA51D5

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

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