#BA55E5#BA55E5

#BA55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.220 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA55E5
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(282, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 62.64, -55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 84.01, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.1534 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.22 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6387, 22.5944, 76.4920)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA55E5 #80E555

analogous

#7255E5 #BA55E5 #E555C8

triadic

#BA55E5 #E5BA55 #55E5BA

tetradic

#BA55E5 #E57255 #80E555 #55C8E5

square

#BA55E5 #E57255 #80E555 #55C8E5

split-complementary

#BA55E5 #C8E555 #55E572

monochromatic

#7C19A6 #A422DB #BA55E5 #D08AED #E5BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BA55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BA55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA55E5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA55E5	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#197DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.220 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bee',
    500: '#ba55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba55e5;
$custom-light: #d28bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63614,
    "c": 0.21969,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA55E5

secondary

#C0E6B0

accent

#D6104B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA55E5

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

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