#BA38C9#BA38C9

#BA38C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.231 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38C9
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(294, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, 68.98, -49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 84.77, 324.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1851 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.231 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2055, 17.4864, 56.9259)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38C9 #47C938

analogous

#7138C9 #BA38C9 #C9388F

triadic

#BA38C9 #C9BA38 #38C9BA

tetradic

#BA38C9 #C97138 #47C938 #388FC9

square

#BA38C9 #C97138 #47C938 #388FC9

split-complementary

#BA38C9 #8FC938 #38C971

monochromatic

#621D6A #8E2A9A #BA38C9 #CB68D6 #DB98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BA38C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BA38C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA38C9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA38C9	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5079C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.231 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37bda',
    500: '#ba38c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38c9;
$custom-light: #d37bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58935,
    "c": 0.23054,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38C9

secondary

#95CF8E

accent

#E14757

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38C9

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

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