#BA40C4#BA40C4

#BA40C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.217 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40C4
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(295, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(295, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 65.20, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 79.34, 325.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.1772 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.217 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0461, 18.0934, 54.0183)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40C4 #4AC440

analogous

#7840C4 #BA40C4 #C4408C

triadic

#BA40C4 #C4BA40 #40C4BA

tetradic

#BA40C4 #C47840 #4AC440 #408CC4

square

#BA40C4 #C47840 #4AC440 #408CC4

split-complementary

#BA40C4 #8CC440 #40C478

monochromatic

#642069 #902F98 #BA40C4 #CB6FD2 #DC9EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BA40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BA40C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40C4

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40C4	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#226CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE557D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.217 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fd6',
    500: '#ba40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40c4;
$custom-light: #d27fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59376,
    "c": 0.21723,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40C4

secondary

#97CD93

accent

#DC4C57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40C4

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

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