#BA38C8#BA38C8

#BA38C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.230 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38C8
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(294, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 68.81, -48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 84.35, 324.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1851 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.23 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0883, 17.4395, 56.3084)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38C8 #46C838

analogous

#7238C8 #BA38C8 #C8388E

triadic

#BA38C8 #C8BA38 #38C8BA

tetradic

#BA38C8 #C87238 #46C838 #388EC8

square

#BA38C8 #C87238 #46C838 #388EC8

split-complementary

#BA38C8 #8EC838 #38C872

monochromatic

#611D69 #8E2A99 #BA38C8 #CB68D5 #DB98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BA38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BA38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38C8

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38C8	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5179C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD527D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.230 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bd9',
    500: '#ba38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38c8;
$custom-light: #d37bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58875,
    "c": 0.22973,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38C8

secondary

#94CE8E

accent

#E04857

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38C8

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

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