#BA38B0#BA38B0

#BA38B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.211 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38B0
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 5.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 64.82, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 74.58, 330.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.185 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.211 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5003, 16.4043, 42.6785)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38B0 #38BA42

analogous

#8338BA #BA38B0 #BA386F

triadic

#BA38B0 #B0BA38 #38B0BA

tetradic

#BA38B0 #BA8338 #38BA42 #386FBA

square

#BA38B0 #BA8338 #38BA42 #386FBA

split-complementary

#BA38B0 #6FBA38 #38BA83

monochromatic

#5C1C57 #8B2A83 #BA38B0 #CF60C7 #DD8FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BA38B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BA38B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38B0

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38B0	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E65B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.211 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ac8',
    500: '#ba38b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38b0;
$custom-light: #d27ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57514,
    "c": 0.21096,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38B0

secondary

#86C88B

accent

#DD564B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38B0

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

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