#BA23A5#BA23A5

#BA23A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.224 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA23A5
RGB	rgb(186, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(308, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(308, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 11.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 69.44, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 77.63, 333.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.2028 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.224 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6426, 14.3603, 36.9060)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA23A5 #23BA38

analogous

#8323BA #BA23A5 #BA235A

triadic

#BA23A5 #A5BA23 #23A5BA

tetradic

#BA23A5 #BA8323 #23BA38 #235ABA

square

#BA23A5 #BA8323 #23BA38 #235ABA

split-complementary

#BA23A5 #5ABA23 #23BA83

monochromatic

#53104A #861977 #BA23A5 #DB3FC5 #E573D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#BA23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#BA23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA23A5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA23A5	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D71A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.224 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d372c0',
    500: '#ba23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba23a5;
$custom-light: #d372c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.344,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55354,
    "c": 0.22396,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA23A5

secondary

#6DCC7A

accent

#EB553D

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEDF7

border

#D4C8D0

text

#150912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA23A5

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

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