#BA40E2#BA40E2

#BA40E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.243 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40E2
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 70.69, -59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 92.42, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.1757 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.243 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8085, 19.5983, 73.8334)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40E2 #68E240

analogous

#6940E2 #BA40E2 #E240B9

triadic

#BA40E2 #E2BA40 #40E2BA

tetradic

#BA40E2 #E26940 #68E240 #40B9E2

square

#BA40E2 #E26940 #68E240 #40B9E2

split-complementary

#BA40E2 #B9E240 #40E269

monochromatic

#731692 #9D1EC7 #BA40E2 #CD75EA #E0AAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BA40E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BA40E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40E2

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40E2	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8628E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.243 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380ec',
    500: '#ba40e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40e2;
$custom-light: #d380ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.185,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6121,
    "c": 0.24275,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40E2

secondary

#AEE09E

accent

#F03865

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40E2

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

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