#BA38B6#BA38B6

#BA38B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.216 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38B6
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 65.78, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 76.95, 328.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1852 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.216 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1071, 16.6471, 45.8744)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38B6 #38BA3C

analogous

#7D38BA #BA38B6 #BA3875

triadic

#BA38B6 #B6BA38 #38B6BA

tetradic

#BA38B6 #BA7D38 #38BA3C #3875BA

square

#BA38B6 #BA7D38 #38BA3C #3875BA

split-complementary

#BA38B6 #75BA38 #38BA7D

monochromatic

#5C1C5A #8B2A88 #BA38B6 #CF60CC #DD8FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BA38B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BA38B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38B6

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38B6	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2766BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.216 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27acc',
    500: '#ba38b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38b6;
$custom-light: #d27acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57839,
    "c": 0.21554,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38B6

secondary

#86C888

accent

#DD4F4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38B6

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

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