#BA40C8#BA40C8

#BA40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.221 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40C8
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 65.91, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 81.05, 324.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1772 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.221 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5075, 18.2779, 56.4481)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40C8 #4EC840

analogous

#7640C8 #BA40C8 #C84092

triadic

#BA40C8 #C8BA40 #40C8BA

tetradic

#BA40C8 #C87640 #4EC840 #4092C8

square

#BA40C8 #C87640 #4EC840 #4092C8

split-complementary

#BA40C8 #92C840 #40C876

monochromatic

#66206E #922D9D #BA40C8 #CB70D6 #DC9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BA40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BA40C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40C8

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40C8	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A6DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD577F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.221 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fd9',
    500: '#ba40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40c8;
$custom-light: #d27fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.824,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59607,
    "c": 0.22056,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40C8

secondary

#9AD094

accent

#DF4959

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40C8

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

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