#BA85CB#BA85CB

#BA85CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.115 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA85CB
RGB	rgb(186, 133, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 32.56, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 43.14, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0853 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.115 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4152, 31.5269, 60.4973)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA85CB #96CB85

analogous

#9785CB #BA85CB #CB85B9

triadic

#BA85CB #CBBA85 #85CBBA

tetradic

#BA85CB #CB9785 #96CB85 #85B9CB

square

#BA85CB #CB9785 #96CB85 #85B9CB

split-complementary

#BA85CB #B9CB85 #85CB97

monochromatic

#814096 #A25AB9 #BA85CB #D2B0DD #EBDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BA85CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BA85CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA85CB

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA85CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA85CB	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba85cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 133, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.115 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa9db',
    500: '#ba85cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba85cb;
$custom-light: #cfa9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba85cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.429,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69359,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA85CB

secondary

#D0E1CA

accent

#B33252

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA85CB

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

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