#BA40D5#BA40D5

#BA40D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.232 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40D5
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 68.26, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 86.68, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.1767 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.232 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0918, 18.9117, 64.7925)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40D5 #5BD540

analogous

#7040D5 #BA40D5 #D540A5

triadic

#BA40D5 #D5BA40 #40D5BA

tetradic

#BA40D5 #D57040 #5BD540 #40A5D5

square

#BA40D5 #D57040 #5BD540 #40A5D5

split-complementary

#BA40D5 #A5D540 #40D570

monochromatic

#6D1C7F #9827B1 #BA40D5 #CC72E0 #DEA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BA40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BA40D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40D5

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40D5	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.232 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fe3',
    500: '#ba40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40d5;
$custom-light: #d37fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.128,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60388,
    "c": 0.23156,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40D5

secondary

#A4D899

accent

#E7415F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40D5

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

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