#BA40E0#BA40E0

#BA40E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.241 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40E0
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 70.31, -58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 91.53, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1759 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.241 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5356, 19.4892, 72.3965)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40E0 #66E040

analogous

#6A40E0 #BA40E0 #E040B6

triadic

#BA40E0 #E0BA40 #40E0BA

tetradic

#BA40E0 #E06A40 #66E040 #40B6E0

square

#BA40E0 #E06A40 #66E040 #40B6E0

split-complementary

#BA40E0 #B6E040 #40E06A

monochromatic

#72178E #9C20C3 #BA40E0 #CD75E9 #E0A9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BA40E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BA40E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40E0

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40E0	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8618C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.241 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380ea',
    500: '#ba40e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40e0;
$custom-light: #d380ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.75,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61081,
    "c": 0.24102,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40E0

secondary

#ADDF9D

accent

#EF3964

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40E0

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

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