#BA40CE#BA40CE

#BA40CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.226 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40CE
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(292, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(292, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 66.98, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 83.63, 323.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.177 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.226 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2225, 18.5639, 60.2138)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40CE #54CE40

analogous

#7340CE #BA40CE #CE409B

triadic

#BA40CE #CEBA40 #40CEBA

tetradic

#BA40CE #CE7340 #54CE40 #409BCE

square

#BA40CE #CE7340 #54CE40 #409BCE

split-complementary

#BA40CE #9BCE40 #40CE73

monochromatic

#691E75 #952BA6 #BA40CE #CC71DA #DDA1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BA40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BA40CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40CE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40CE	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#086FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.226 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fdd',
    500: '#ba40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40ce;
$custom-light: #d27fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.549,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59962,
    "c": 0.22561,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40CE

secondary

#9FD496

accent

#E2455C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40CE

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

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