#BA38DB#BA38DB

#BA38DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.245 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38DB
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 219)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 72.19, -57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 92.51, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1836 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.245 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4483, 18.3835, 68.7379)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38DB #59DB38

analogous

#6938DB #BA38DB #DB38AB

triadic

#BA38DB #DBBA38 #38DBBA

tetradic

#BA38DB #DB6938 #59DB38 #38ABDB

square

#BA38DB #DB6938 #59DB38 #38ABDB

split-complementary

#BA38DB #ABDB38 #38DB69

monochromatic

#6C1781 #9721B5 #BA38DB #CC6CE4 #DEA0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BA38DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BA38DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA38DB

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA38DB	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.245 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ce7',
    500: '#ba38db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38db;
$custom-light: #d37ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.853,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6006,
    "c": 0.24525,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38DB

secondary

#A3DA95

accent

#EC3C5F

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38DB

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

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