Mediumorchid#BA55D3

#BA55D3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.202 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Mediumorchid — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#BA55D3
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 211)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 59.06, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 75.73, 321.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.1533 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.202 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2546, 21.6408, 63.9354)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA55D3 #6ED355

analogous

#7B55D3 #BA55D3 #D355AD

triadic

#BA55D3 #D3BA55 #55D3BA

tetradic

#BA55D3 #D37B55 #6ED355 #55ADD3

square

#BA55D3 #D37B55 #6ED355 #55ADD3

split-complementary

#BA55D3 #ADD355 #55D37B

monochromatic

#76248A #9F30BB #BA55D3 #CE86E0 #E1B6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BA55D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BA55D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA55D3

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA55D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA55D3	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3679D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA698C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba55d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.202 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ae1',
    500: '#ba55d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba55d3;
$custom-light: #d28ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba55d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.095,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62558,
    "c": 0.20244,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA55D3

secondary

#B3DBA9

accent

#E24665

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA55D3

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

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