#BA38D6#BA38D6

#BA38D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.241 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38D6
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 214)
HSL	hsl(289, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 73.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 71.28, -55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 90.34, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1842 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.241 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7999, 18.1242, 65.3232)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38D6 #54D638

analogous

#6B38D6 #BA38D6 #D638A3

triadic

#BA38D6 #D6BA38 #38D6BA

tetradic

#BA38D6 #D66B38 #54D638 #38A3D6

square

#BA38D6 #D66B38 #54D638 #38A3D6

split-complementary

#BA38D6 #A3D638 #38D66B

monochromatic

#69197A #9524AD #BA38D6 #CC6BE0 #DD9DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BA38D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BA38D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA38D6

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA38D6	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.241 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ce3',
    500: '#ba38d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38d6;
$custom-light: #d37ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.367,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59739,
    "c": 0.24112,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38D6

secondary

#9FD793

accent

#E93F5D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150A15

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38D6

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

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