#BA55E6#BA55E6

#BA55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.221 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA55E6
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 62.84, -56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 84.47, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1534 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.221 314)
XYZ	xyz(37.7787, 22.6504, 77.2295)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA55E6 #81E655

analogous

#7255E6 #BA55E6 #E655CA

triadic

#BA55E6 #E6BA55 #55E6BA

tetradic

#BA55E6 #E67255 #81E655 #55CAE6

square

#BA55E6 #E67255 #81E655 #55CAE6

split-complementary

#BA55E6 #CAE655 #55E672

monochromatic

#7C19A8 #A421DD #BA55E6 #D08AEE #E5C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#BA55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#BA55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA55E6

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA55E6	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#167DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.221 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28bef',
    500: '#ba55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba55e6;
$custom-light: #d28bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.793,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63675,
    "c": 0.22066,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.22649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA55E6

secondary

#C1E6B1

accent

#D60F4C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA55E6

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

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