#BA38B2#BA38B2

#BA38B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.212 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38B2
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 65.14, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 75.36, 329.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1851 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.212 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6996, 16.4841, 43.7283)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38B2 #38BA40

analogous

#8138BA #BA38B2 #BA3871

triadic

#BA38B2 #B2BA38 #38B2BA

tetradic

#BA38B2 #BA8138 #38BA40 #3871BA

square

#BA38B2 #BA8138 #38BA40 #3871BA

split-complementary

#BA38B2 #71BA38 #38BA81

monochromatic

#5C1C58 #8B2A85 #BA38B2 #CF60C8 #DD8FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BA38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BA38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38B2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38B2	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C65B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E77AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.212 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ac9',
    500: '#ba38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38b2;
$custom-light: #d27ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57621,
    "c": 0.21248,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38B2

secondary

#86C88A

accent

#DD544B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38B2

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

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