#BA85CE#BA85CE

#BA85CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA85CE
RGB	rgb(186, 133, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(284, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 35.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 33.17, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 44.59, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.086 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.119 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7762, 31.6713, 62.3984)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA85CE #99CE85

analogous

#9685CE #BA85CE #CE85BE

triadic

#BA85CE #CEBA85 #85CEBA

tetradic

#BA85CE #CE9685 #99CE85 #85BECE

square

#BA85CE #CE9685 #99CE85 #85BECE

split-complementary

#BA85CE #BECE85 #85CE96

monochromatic

#813E9B #A159BC #BA85CE #D3B1E0 #EBDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BA85CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BA85CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA85CE

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA85CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA85CE	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A95D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba85ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 133, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a9dd',
    500: '#ba85ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba85ce;
$custom-light: #d0a9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba85ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.562,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6949,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA85CE

secondary

#D2E3CC

accent

#B63054

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA85CE

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

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