#BA38C3#BA38C3

#BA38C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.226 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38C3
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 67.95, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 82.25, 325.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.1853 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.226 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5135, 17.2096, 53.2811)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38C3 #41C338

analogous

#7538C3 #BA38C3 #C33887

triadic

#BA38C3 #C3BA38 #38C3BA

tetradic

#BA38C3 #C37538 #41C338 #3887C3

square

#BA38C3 #C37538 #41C338 #3887C3

split-complementary

#BA38C3 #87C338 #38C375

monochromatic

#5F1D64 #8D2A93 #BA38C3 #CC65D3 #DC95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BA38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BA38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38C3

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38C3	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F69C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5579C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.226 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd6',
    500: '#ba38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38c3;
$custom-light: #d37bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.115,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58578,
    "c": 0.22573,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38C3

secondary

#8FCC8B

accent

#DF4953

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38C3

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

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