#BA38C5#BA38C5

#BA38C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.227 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38C5
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 68.29, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 83.09, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1852 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.227 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7411, 17.3007, 54.4800)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38C5 #43C538

analogous

#7438C5 #BA38C5 #C5388A

triadic

#BA38C5 #C5BA38 #38C5BA

tetradic

#BA38C5 #C57438 #43C538 #388AC5

square

#BA38C5 #C57438 #43C538 #388AC5

split-complementary

#BA38C5 #8AC538 #38C574

monochromatic

#601D66 #8D2A95 #BA38C5 #CB67D4 #DB96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BA38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BA38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38C5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38C5	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#076AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5379C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE507B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.227 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd7',
    500: '#ba38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38c5;
$custom-light: #d37bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58696,
    "c": 0.22732,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38C5

secondary

#91CD8C

accent

#DF4954

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38C5

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

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