#BA40AF#BA40AF

#BA40AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.200 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40AF
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 175)
HSL	hsl(305, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 61.67, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 70.76, 330.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1762 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.2 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8209, 17.2033, 42.2991)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40AF #40BA4B

analogous

#8840BA #BA40AF #BA4072

triadic

#BA40AF #AFBA40 #40AFBA

tetradic

#BA40AF #BA8840 #40BA4B #4072BA

square

#BA40AF #BA8840 #40BA4B #4072BA

split-complementary

#BA40AF #72BA40 #40BA88

monochromatic

#5F2159 #8C3084 #BA40AF #CC6BC3 #DC99D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BA40AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BA40AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA40AF

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA40AF	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3968B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.200 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ec7',
    500: '#ba40af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40af;
$custom-light: #d27ec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.41,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58231,
    "c": 0.20032,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40AF

secondary

#8EC893

accent

#D85C4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40AF

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

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