#BA38E6#BA38E6

#BA38E6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.254 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA38E6
RGB	rgb(186, 56, 230)
HSL	hsl(285, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 74.22, -62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 97.32, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.1822 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.254 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9445, 18.9820, 76.6181)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA38E6 #64E638

analogous

#6338E6 #BA38E6 #E638BB

triadic

#BA38E6 #E6BA38 #38E6BA

tetradic

#BA38E6 #E66338 #64E638 #38BBE6

square

#BA38E6 #E66338 #64E638 #38BBE6

split-complementary

#BA38E6 #BBE638 #38E663

monochromatic

#711291 #9C19C8 #BA38E6 #CD6EED #E0A5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BA38E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BA38E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA38E6

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA38E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA38E6	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba38e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 56, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.254 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47cef',
    500: '#ba38e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba38e6;
$custom-light: #d47cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba38e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.828,
    "s": 77.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60786,
    "c": 0.2544,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA38E6

secondary

#ABE199

accent

#F43464

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA38E6

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

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