#BA55D6#BA55D6

#BA55D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.205 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA55D6
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 60.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 59.64, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 77.10, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.1534 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.205 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6341, 21.7926, 65.9346)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA55D6 #71D655

analogous

#7955D6 #BA55D6 #D655B1

triadic

#BA55D6 #D6BA55 #55D6BA

tetradic

#BA55D6 #D67955 #71D655 #55B1D6

square

#BA55D6 #D67955 #71D655 #55B1D6

split-complementary

#BA55D6 #B1D655 #55D679

monochromatic

#77228E #A02EC0 #BA55D6 #CE86E2 #E2B8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BA55D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BA55D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA55D6

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA55D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA55D6	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#337ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba55d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.205 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28ae3',
    500: '#ba55d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba55d6;
$custom-light: #d28ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba55d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.977,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62729,
    "c": 0.20529,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA55D6

secondary

#B5DDAA

accent

#E44466

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FC

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA55D6

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

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