#BA38C2#BA38C2

#BA38C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.225 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38C2
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 194)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 67.78, -45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 81.84, 325.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.1853 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.225 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4008, 17.1645, 52.6877)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38C2 #40C238

analogous

#7538C2 #BA38C2 #C23885

triadic

#BA38C2 #C2BA38 #38C2BA

tetradic

#BA38C2 #C27538 #40C238 #3885C2

square

#BA38C2 #C27538 #40C238 #3885C2

split-complementary

#BA38C2 #85C238 #38C275

monochromatic

#5F1D63 #8C2A93 #BA38C2 #CC65D2 #DC94E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BA38C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BA38C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38C2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38C2	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1269C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5579BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.225 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd5',
    500: '#ba38c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38c2;
$custom-light: #d37bd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5852,
    "c": 0.22493,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38C2

secondary

#8ECB8A

accent

#DF4952

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38C2

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

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