#BA55E3#BA55E3

#BA55E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.218 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA55E3
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(283, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 62.23, -55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 83.08, 318.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1535 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.218 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3611, 22.4834, 75.0298)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA55E3 #7EE355

analogous

#7355E3 #BA55E3 #E355C5

triadic

#BA55E3 #E3BA55 #55E3BA

tetradic

#BA55E3 #E37355 #7EE355 #55C5E3

square

#BA55E3 #E37355 #7EE355 #55C5E3

split-complementary

#BA55E3 #C5E355 #55E373

monochromatic

#7C1BA3 #A323D7 #BA55E3 #CF8AEC #E5BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BA55E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BA55E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA55E3

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA55E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA55E3	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E7DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5285E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba55e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.218 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bec',
    500: '#ba55e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba55e3;
$custom-light: #d28bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba55e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.676,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63493,
    "c": 0.21776,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA55E3

secondary

#BFE5AF

accent

#D4124A

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA55E3

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

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