#BA38B1#BA38B1

#BA38B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.212 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38B1
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 177)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 4.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 64.98, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 74.97, 330.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.185 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.212 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5996, 16.4441, 43.2015)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38B1 #38BA41

analogous

#8238BA #BA38B1 #BA3870

triadic

#BA38B1 #B1BA38 #38B1BA

tetradic

#BA38B1 #BA8238 #38BA41 #3870BA

square

#BA38B1 #BA8238 #38BA41 #3870BA

split-complementary

#BA38B1 #70BA38 #38BA82

monochromatic

#5C1C57 #8B2A84 #BA38B1 #CF60C7 #DD8FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BA38B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BA38B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38B1

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38B1	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.212 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ac9',
    500: '#ba38b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38b1;
$custom-light: #d27ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57567,
    "c": 0.21172,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38B1

secondary

#86C88A

accent

#DD554B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38B1

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

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