#BA38B3#BA38B3

#BA38B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.213 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38B3
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 65.30, -38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 75.76, 329.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1851 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.213 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8004, 16.5244, 44.2591)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38B3 #38BA3F

analogous

#8038BA #BA38B3 #BA3872

triadic

#BA38B3 #B3BA38 #38B3BA

tetradic

#BA38B3 #BA8038 #38BA3F #3872BA

square

#BA38B3 #BA8038 #38BA3F #3872BA

split-complementary

#BA38B3 #72BA38 #38BA80

monochromatic

#5C1C58 #8B2A86 #BA38B3 #CF60C9 #DD8FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BA38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BA38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38B3

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38B3	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E77B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.213 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27aca',
    500: '#ba38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38b3;
$custom-light: #d27aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57675,
    "c": 0.21324,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38B3

secondary

#86C889

accent

#DD534B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38B3

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

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