#BA38BF#BA38BF

#BA38BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.223 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38BF
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 67.27, -44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 80.60, 326.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1853 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.223 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0673, 17.0311, 50.9311)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38BF #3DBF38

analogous

#7638BF #BA38BF #BF3880

triadic

#BA38BF #BFBA38 #38BFBA

tetradic

#BA38BF #BF7638 #3DBF38 #3880BF

square

#BA38BF #BF7638 #3DBF38 #3880BF

split-complementary

#BA38BF #80BF38 #38BF76

monochromatic

#5E1C60 #8C2A90 #BA38BF #CD63D1 #DC92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BA38BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BA38BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38BF

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38BF	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1968C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5778BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.223 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27bd3',
    500: '#ba38bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38bf;
$custom-light: #d27bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58346,
    "c": 0.22256,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38BF

secondary

#8BCA89

accent

#DE4A4F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38BF

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

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