#BA40D4#BA40D4

#BA40D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.231 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40D4
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 68.07, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 86.24, 322.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1768 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.231 320)
XYZ	xyz(33.9653, 18.8610, 64.1261)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40D4 #5AD440

analogous

#7040D4 #BA40D4 #D440A4

triadic

#BA40D4 #D4BA40 #40D4BA

tetradic

#BA40D4 #D47040 #5AD440 #40A4D4

square

#BA40D4 #D47040 #5AD440 #40A4D4

split-complementary

#BA40D4 #A4D440 #40D470

monochromatic

#6C1C7D #9727AF #BA40D4 #CC72DF #DEA4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BA40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BA40D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40D4

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40D4	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.231 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fe2',
    500: '#ba40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40d4;
$custom-light: #d37fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.459,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60326,
    "c": 0.23071,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.18859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40D4

secondary

#A3D798

accent

#E6425E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40D4

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

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