#BA38B8#BA38B8

#BA38B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.217 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38B8
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 66.11, -40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 77.75, 328.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.1853 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.217 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3153, 16.7303, 46.9707)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38B8 #38BA3A

analogous

#7B38BA #BA38B8 #BA3877

triadic

#BA38B8 #B8BA38 #38B8BA

tetradic

#BA38B8 #BA7B38 #38BA3A #3877BA

square

#BA38B8 #BA7B38 #38BA3A #3877BA

split-complementary

#BA38B8 #77BA38 #38BA7B

monochromatic

#5C1C5B #8B2A89 #BA38B8 #CF60CD #DD8FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BA38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BA38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38B8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38B8	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2567BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.217 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27bce',
    500: '#ba38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38b8;
$custom-light: #d27bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.923,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5795,
    "c": 0.21708,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38B8

secondary

#86C887

accent

#DD4D4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38B8

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

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