#BA40DF#BA40DF

#BA40DF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.240 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40DF
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 223)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 70.12, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 91.09, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.176 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.24 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4004, 19.4351, 71.6844)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40DF #65DF40

analogous

#6B40DF #BA40DF #DF40B4

triadic

#BA40DF #DFBA40 #40DFBA

tetradic

#BA40DF #DF6B40 #65DF40 #40B4DF

square

#BA40DF #DF6B40 #65DF40 #40B4DF

split-complementary

#BA40DF #B4DF40 #40DF6B

monochromatic

#72188D #9C20C1 #BA40DF #CD74E8 #E0A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BA40DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BA40DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40DF

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40DF	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8608C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.240 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380ea',
    500: '#ba40df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40df;
$custom-light: #d380ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.038,
    "s": 71.3,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61016,
    "c": 0.24015,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40DF

secondary

#ACDE9D

accent

#EE3A64

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40DF

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

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