#BA38BA#BA38BA

#BA38BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.219 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38BA
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 66.44, -41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 78.55, 327.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.1853 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.219 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5264, 16.8148, 48.0826)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38BA #38BA38

analogous

#7938BA #BA38BA #BA3879

triadic

#BA38BA #BABA38 #38BABA

tetradic

#BA38BA #BA7938 #38BA38 #3879BA

square

#BA38BA #BA7938 #38BA38 #3879BA

split-complementary

#BA38BA #79BA38 #38BA79

monochromatic

#5C1C5C #8B2A8B #BA38BA #CF60CF #DD8FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BA38BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BA38BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38BA

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38BA	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2267BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.219 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27bcf',
    500: '#ba38ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38ba;
$custom-light: #d27bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58062,
    "c": 0.21863,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38BA

secondary

#86C886

accent

#DD4B4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38BA

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

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