#BA40BA#BA40BA

#BA40BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.209 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40BA
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(300, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 63.49, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 75.17, 327.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.177 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.209 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9456, 17.6532, 48.2223)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40BA #40BA40

analogous

#7D40BA #BA40BA #BA407D

triadic

#BA40BA #BABA40 #40BABA

tetradic

#BA40BA #BA7D40 #40BA40 #407DBA

square

#BA40BA #BA7D40 #40BA40 #407DBA

split-complementary

#BA40BA #7DBA40 #40BA7D

monochromatic

#5F215F #8C308C #BA40BA #CC6BCC #DC99DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BA40BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BA40BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA40BA

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA40BA	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F6ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C05178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.209 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ecf',
    500: '#ba40ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40ba;
$custom-light: #d27ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58815,
    "c": 0.20904,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40BA

secondary

#8EC88E

accent

#D84F4F

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40BA

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

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