#BA40BD#BA40BD

#BA40BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.211 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40BD
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 66.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 64.00, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 76.41, 326.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1771 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.211 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2679, 17.7821, 49.9196)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40BD #43BD40

analogous

#7C40BD #BA40BD #BD4082

triadic

#BA40BD #BDBA40 #40BDBA

tetradic

#BA40BD #BD7C40 #43BD40 #4082BD

square

#BA40BD #BD7C40 #43BD40 #4082BD

split-complementary

#BA40BD #82BD40 #40BD7C

monochromatic

#602162 #8D318F #BA40BD #CB6DCD #DB9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BA40BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BA40BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA40BD

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA40BD	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.211 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27ed1',
    500: '#ba40bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40bd;
$custom-light: #d27ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.56,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58981,
    "c": 0.21148,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40BD

secondary

#91C990

accent

#D94F52

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#150B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40BD

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

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