#BA40B2#BA40B2

#BA40B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.203 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40B2
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 62.16, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 71.94, 329.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1765 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.203 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1188, 17.3225, 43.8681)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40B2 #40BA48

analogous

#8540BA #BA40B2 #BA4075

triadic

#BA40B2 #B2BA40 #40B2BA

tetradic

#BA40B2 #BA8540 #40BA48 #4075BA

square

#BA40B2 #BA8540 #40BA48 #4075BA

split-complementary

#BA40B2 #75BA40 #40BA85

monochromatic

#5F215B #8C3086 #BA40B2 #CC6BC6 #DC99D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BA40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BA40B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA40B2

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA40B2	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3669B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.203 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ec9',
    500: '#ba40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40b2;
$custom-light: #d27ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.934,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58387,
    "c": 0.20267,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40B2

secondary

#8EC892

accent

#D8584F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40B2

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

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