#BA40B0#BA40B0

#BA40B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.201 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40B0
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 176)
HSL	hsl(305, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 5.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 61.83, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 71.16, 330.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.1763 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.201 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9195, 17.2427, 42.8182)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40B0 #40BA4A

analogous

#8740BA #BA40B0 #BA4073

triadic

#BA40B0 #B0BA40 #40B0BA

tetradic

#BA40B0 #BA8740 #40BA4A #4073BA

square

#BA40B0 #BA8740 #40BA4A #4073BA

split-complementary

#BA40B0 #73BA40 #40BA87

monochromatic

#5F215A #8C3085 #BA40B0 #CC6BC4 #DC99D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BA40B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BA40B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA40B0

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA40B0	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3868B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6379AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.201 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ec8',
    500: '#ba40b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40b0;
$custom-light: #d27ec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.918,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58283,
    "c": 0.2011,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40B0

secondary

#8EC893

accent

#D85B4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40B0

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

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