#BA5AE5#BA5AE5

#BA5AE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.213 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA5AE5
RGB	rgb(186, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 60.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 60.34, -54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 81.40, 317.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1475 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.213 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0463, 23.4097, 76.6279)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA5AE5 #85E55A

analogous

#755AE5 #BA5AE5 #E55ACA

triadic

#BA5AE5 #E5BA5A #5AE5BA

tetradic

#BA5AE5 #E5755A #85E55A #5ACAE5

square

#BA5AE5 #E5755A #85E55A #5ACAE5

split-complementary

#BA5AE5 #CAE55A #5AE575

monochromatic

#7E1BAA #A425DD #BA5AE5 #D08FED #E6C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BA5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#BA5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA5AE5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA5AE5	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2980E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.213 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28eee',
    500: '#ba5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba5ae5;
$custom-light: #d28eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.439,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64222,
    "c": 0.21282,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA5AE5

secondary

#C4E7B4

accent

#D5114D

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF1FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA5AE5

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

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