#BA36A5#BA36A5

#BA36A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.205 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA36A5
RGB	rgb(186, 54, 165)
HSL	hsl(310, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 11.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 63.83, -31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 71.24, 333.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.1862 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.205 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3607, 15.7965, 37.1454)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA36A5 #36BA4B

analogous

#8D36BA #BA36A5 #BA3663

triadic

#BA36A5 #A5BA36 #36A5BA

tetradic

#BA36A5 #BA8D36 #36BA4B #3663BA

square

#BA36A5 #BA8D36 #36BA4B #3663BA

split-complementary

#BA36A5 #63BA36 #36BA8D

monochromatic

#5B1A51 #8B287B #BA36A5 #D05DBE #DE8DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#BA36A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#BA36A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA36A5

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA36A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA36A5	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3662A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6476A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba36a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 54, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.205 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d279c0',
    500: '#ba36a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba36a5;
$custom-light: #d279c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba36a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56763,
    "c": 0.20523,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA36A5

secondary

#84C88F

accent

#DE6149

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA36A5

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

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