#BA40AC#BA40AC

#BA40AC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.198 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40AC
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 172)
HSL	hsl(307, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 7.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 61.19, -33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 69.60, 331.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.176 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.198 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5296, 17.0868, 40.7645)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40AC #40BA4E

analogous

#8B40BA #BA40AC #BA406F

triadic

#BA40AC #ACBA40 #40ACBA

tetradic

#BA40AC #BA8B40 #40BA4E #406FBA

square

#BA40AC #BA8B40 #40BA4E #406FBA

split-complementary

#BA40AC #6FBA40 #40BA8B

monochromatic

#5F2158 #8C3082 #BA40AC #CC6BC1 #DC99D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BA40AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BA40AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA40AC

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA40AC	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B68AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6579A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.198 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ec5',
    500: '#ba40ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40ac;
$custom-light: #d27ec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.885,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58078,
    "c": 0.19801,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40AC

secondary

#8EC895

accent

#D85F4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40AC

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

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