#BA38C7#BA38C7

#BA38C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.229 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38C7
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 68.63, -48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 83.93, 324.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1851 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.229 324)
XYZ	xyz(31.9718, 17.3929, 55.6949)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38C7 #45C738

analogous

#7238C7 #BA38C7 #C7388D

triadic

#BA38C7 #C7BA38 #38C7BA

tetradic

#BA38C7 #C77238 #45C738 #388DC7

square

#BA38C7 #C77238 #45C738 #388DC7

split-complementary

#BA38C7 #8DC738 #38C772

monochromatic

#611D67 #8D2B97 #BA38C7 #CB68D4 #DB98E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BA38C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BA38C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38C7

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38C7	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5279C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD517C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.229 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd8',
    500: '#ba38c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38c7;
$custom-light: #d37bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58815,
    "c": 0.22893,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.17391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38C7

secondary

#93CD8D

accent

#DF4856

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38C7

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

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