#BA38BE#BA38BE

#BA38BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.222 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38BE
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 67.10, -43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 80.19, 326.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1853 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.222 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9576, 16.9873, 50.3535)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38BE #3CBE38

analogous

#7738BE #BA38BE #BE387F

triadic

#BA38BE #BEBA38 #38BEBA

tetradic

#BA38BE #BE7738 #3CBE38 #387FBE

square

#BA38BE #BE7738 #3CBE38 #387FBE

split-complementary

#BA38BE #7FBE38 #38BE77

monochromatic

#5D1C5F #8C2A8F #BA38BE #CE62D1 #DC92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BA38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BA38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38BE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38BE	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B68C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5878BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.222 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27bd2',
    500: '#ba38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38be;
$custom-light: #d27bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.209,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58289,
    "c": 0.22176,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38BE

secondary

#8ACA88

accent

#DE4A4E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38BE

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

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