#BA38AD#BA38AD

#BA38AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.209 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38AD
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 173)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 64.35, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 73.42, 331.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1848 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.209 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2068, 16.2869, 41.1325)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38AD #38BA45

analogous

#8638BA #BA38AD #BA386C

triadic

#BA38AD #ADBA38 #38ADBA

tetradic

#BA38AD #BA8638 #38BA45 #386CBA

square

#BA38AD #BA8638 #38BA45 #386CBA

split-complementary

#BA38AD #6CBA38 #38BA86

monochromatic

#5C1C55 #8B2A81 #BA38AD #CF60C4 #DD8FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BA38AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BA38AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38AD

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38AD	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3164B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6177AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2456E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.209 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ac6',
    500: '#ba38ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38ad;
$custom-light: #d27ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57355,
    "c": 0.20872,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38AD

secondary

#86C88C

accent

#DD594B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38AD

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

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