#BA55EE#BA55EE

#BA55EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.228 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA55EE
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 238)
HSL	hsl(280, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 64.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 64.48, -60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 88.20, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1531 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.228 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9280, 23.1102, 83.2824)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA55EE #89EE55

analogous

#6D55EE #BA55EE #EE55D5

triadic

#BA55EE #EEBA55 #55EEBA

tetradic

#BA55EE #EE6D55 #89EE55 #55D5EE

square

#BA55EE #EE6D55 #89EE55 #55D5EE

split-complementary

#BA55EE #D5EE55 #55EE6D

monochromatic

#7F12B6 #A31DE8 #BA55EE #D18DF4 #E7C4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BA55EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BA55EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA55EE

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA55EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA55EE	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba55ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 85, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.228 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38bf4',
    500: '#ba55ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba55ee;
$custom-light: #d38bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba55ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.608,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6417,
    "c": 0.22842,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA55EE

secondary

#C7EBB4

accent

#DE0750

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA55EE

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

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