#BA38B4#BA38B4

#BA38B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.214 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38B4
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 65.46, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 76.15, 329.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.1851 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.214 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9019, 16.5650, 44.7936)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38B4 #38BA3E

analogous

#7F38BA #BA38B4 #BA3873

triadic

#BA38B4 #B4BA38 #38B4BA

tetradic

#BA38B4 #BA7F38 #38BA3E #3873BA

square

#BA38B4 #BA7F38 #38BA3E #3873BA

split-complementary

#BA38B4 #73BA38 #38BA7F

monochromatic

#5C1C59 #8B2A86 #BA38B4 #CF60CA #DD8FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BA38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BA38B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38B4

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38B4	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A66B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D77B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.214 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27acb',
    500: '#ba38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38b4;
$custom-light: #d27acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.769,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5773,
    "c": 0.214,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38B4

secondary

#86C889

accent

#DD514B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38B4

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

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