#BA40AE#BA40AE

#BA40AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.200 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40AE
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 174)
HSL	hsl(306, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 61.51, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 70.37, 330.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1761 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.2 332)
XYZ	xyz(29.7231, 17.1642, 41.7837)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40AE #40BA4C

analogous

#8940BA #BA40AE #BA4071

triadic

#BA40AE #AEBA40 #40AEBA

tetradic

#BA40AE #BA8940 #40BA4C #4071BA

square

#BA40AE #BA8940 #40BA4C #4071BA

split-complementary

#BA40AE #71BA40 #40BA89

monochromatic

#5F2159 #8C3083 #BA40AE #CC6BC3 #DC99D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BA40AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BA40AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA40AE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA40AE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A68B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.200 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ec6',
    500: '#ba40ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40ae;
$custom-light: #d27ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.902,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5818,
    "c": 0.19955,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.17162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40AE

secondary

#8EC894

accent

#D85D4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40AE

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

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