#BA55B2#BA55B2

#BA55B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.172 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA55B2
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(305, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 53.00, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 61.39, 329.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.1502 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.172 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5339, 20.1525, 44.3397)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA55B2 #55BA5D

analogous

#8F55BA #BA55B2 #BA5580

triadic

#BA55B2 #B2BA55 #55B2BA

tetradic

#BA55B2 #BA8F55 #55BA5D #5580BA

square

#BA55B2 #BA8F55 #55BA5D #5580BA

split-complementary

#BA55B2 #80BA55 #55BA8F

monochromatic

#6A2B65 #953D8E #BA55B2 #CC81C6 #DDACD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BA55B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BA55B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA55B2

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA55B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA55B2	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F73B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba55b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.172 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18ac9',
    500: '#ba55b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba55b2;
$custom-light: #d18ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba55b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.752,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6083,
    "c": 0.17246,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA55B2

secondary

#A0CBA3

accent

#D26056

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAF0F8

border

#D3CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA55B2

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

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