#BA38BD#BA38BD

#BA38BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.221 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38BD
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 66.94, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 79.78, 327.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1853 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.221 327)
XYZ	xyz(30.8487, 16.9437, 49.7799)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38BD #3BBD38

analogous

#7838BD #BA38BD #BD387D

triadic

#BA38BD #BDBA38 #38BDBA

tetradic

#BA38BD #BD7838 #3BBD38 #387DBD

square

#BA38BD #BD7838 #3BBD38 #387DBD

split-complementary

#BA38BD #7DBD38 #38BD78

monochromatic

#5D1C5F #8C2A8E #BA38BD #CE62D0 #DD91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BA38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BA38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38BD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38BD	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D68C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5878BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.221 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27bd1',
    500: '#ba38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38bd;
$custom-light: #d27bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.647,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58232,
    "c": 0.22098,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.16942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38BD

secondary

#89C987

accent

#DE4A4D

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38BD

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

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