#BA56D4#BA56D4

#BA56D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.202 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA56D4
RGB	rgb(186, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 58.79, -47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 75.66, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.1521 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.202 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4596, 21.8496, 64.6242)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA56D4 #70D456

analogous

#7B56D4 #BA56D4 #D456AF

triadic

#BA56D4 #D4BA56 #56D4BA

tetradic

#BA56D4 #D47B56 #70D456 #56AFD4

square

#BA56D4 #D47B56 #70D456 #56AFD4

split-complementary

#BA56D4 #AFD456 #56D47B

monochromatic

#76248C #A030BD #BA56D4 #CE87E0 #E2B8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BA56D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#BA56D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA56D4

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA56D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA56D4	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba56d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.202 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28be2',
    500: '#ba56d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba56d4;
$custom-light: #d28be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba56d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.619,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62738,
    "c": 0.20195,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA56D4

secondary

#B4DCAA

accent

#E34566

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAF0FB

border

#D3CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA56D4

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

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