#BA38B5#BA38B5

#BA38B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.215 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38B5
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 65.62, -39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 76.55, 329.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1852 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.215 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0041, 16.6059, 45.3321)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38B5 #38BA3D

analogous

#7E38BA #BA38B5 #BA3874

triadic

#BA38B5 #B5BA38 #38B5BA

tetradic

#BA38B5 #BA7E38 #38BA3D #3874BA

square

#BA38B5 #BA7E38 #38BA3D #3874BA

split-complementary

#BA38B5 #74BA38 #38BA7E

monochromatic

#5C1C59 #8B2A87 #BA38B5 #CF60CB #DD8FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BA38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BA38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38B5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38B5	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2966B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D77B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.215 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27acb',
    500: '#ba38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38b5;
$custom-light: #d27acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57784,
    "c": 0.21477,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38B5

secondary

#86C888

accent

#DD504B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38B5

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

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