#BA38C4#BA38C4

#BA38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.227 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38C4
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 68.12, -46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 82.67, 325.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1852 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.227 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6269, 17.2550, 53.8786)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38C4 #42C438

analogous

#7438C4 #BA38C4 #C43888

triadic

#BA38C4 #C4BA38 #38C4BA

tetradic

#BA38C4 #C47438 #42C438 #3888C4

square

#BA38C4 #C47438 #42C438 #3888C4

split-complementary

#BA38C4 #88C438 #38C474

monochromatic

#601D65 #8D2A94 #BA38C4 #CB66D3 #DB96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BA38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BA38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38C4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38C4	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B69C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5479C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE507B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.227 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd6',
    500: '#ba38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38c4;
$custom-light: #d37bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58637,
    "c": 0.22653,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38C4

secondary

#90CC8C

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38C4

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

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