#BA40CF#BA40CF

#BA40CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.226 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40CF
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 207)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 69.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 67.16, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 84.06, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.177 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.226 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3443, 18.6127, 60.8556)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40CF #55CF40

analogous

#7240CF #BA40CF #CF409C

triadic

#BA40CF #CFBA40 #40CFBA

tetradic

#BA40CF #CF7240 #55CF40 #409CCF

square

#BA40CF #CF7240 #55CF40 #409CCF

split-complementary

#BA40CF #9CCF40 #40CF72

monochromatic

#6A1E77 #952AA8 #BA40CF #CC71DB #DDA2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BA40CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BA40CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40CF

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40CF	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#036FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.226 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fde',
    500: '#ba40cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40cf;
$custom-light: #d27fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.189,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60022,
    "c": 0.22646,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40CF

secondary

#A0D497

accent

#E3455C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40CF

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

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