#BA55D5#BA55D5

#BA55D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.204 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA55D5
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 213)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 60.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 59.45, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 76.64, 320.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.1534 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.204 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5068, 21.7417, 65.2641)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA55D5 #70D555

analogous

#7A55D5 #BA55D5 #D555B0

triadic

#BA55D5 #D5BA55 #55D5BA

tetradic

#BA55D5 #D57A55 #70D555 #55B0D5

square

#BA55D5 #D57A55 #70D555 #55B0D5

split-complementary

#BA55D5 #B0D555 #55D57A

monochromatic

#76238D #A02FBE #BA55D5 #CE86E1 #E2B7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#BA55D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#BA55D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA55D5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA55D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA55D5	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba55d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.204 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ae2',
    500: '#ba55d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba55d5;
$custom-light: #d28ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba55d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.344,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62672,
    "c": 0.20433,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA55D5

secondary

#B4DCA9

accent

#E44466

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA55D5

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

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