#BA40BC#BA40BC

#BA40BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.211 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40BC
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.18, 63.83, -41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.18, 76.00, 327.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.177 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.211 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1597, 17.7388, 49.3499)
Luminance	0.1774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40BC #42BC40

analogous

#7C40BC #BA40BC #BC4080

triadic

#BA40BC #BCBA40 #40BCBA

tetradic

#BA40BC #BC7C40 #42BC40 #4080BC

square

#BA40BC #BC7C40 #42BC40 #4080BC

split-complementary

#BA40BC #80BC40 #40BC7C

monochromatic

#602161 #8D308E #BA40BC #CB6CCD #DB9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BA40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BA40BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA40BC

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA40BC	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.211 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ed0',
    500: '#ba40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40bc;
$custom-light: #d27ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.032,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58925,
    "c": 0.21066,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40BC

secondary

#90C98F

accent

#D94F51

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40BC

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

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