#BA40C3#BA40C3

#BA40C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.216 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40C3
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 67.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 65.03, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 78.92, 325.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1772 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.216 325)
XYZ	xyz(31.9327, 18.0480, 53.4208)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40C3 #49C340

analogous

#7840C3 #BA40C3 #C3408A

triadic

#BA40C3 #C3BA40 #40C3BA

tetradic

#BA40C3 #C37840 #49C340 #408AC3

square

#BA40C3 #C37840 #49C340 #408AC3

split-complementary

#BA40C3 #8AC340 #40C378

monochromatic

#632168 #8F2F97 #BA40C3 #CB6FD2 #DC9DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BA40C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BA40C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40C3

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40C3	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#236CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.216 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fd6',
    500: '#ba40c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40c3;
$custom-light: #d27fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.878,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59318,
    "c": 0.2164,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.18046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40C3

secondary

#96CC92

accent

#DC4C56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40C3

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

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