#BA40E7#BA40E7

#BA40E7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.247 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA40E7
RGB	rgb(186, 64, 231)
HSL	hsl(284, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 71.65, -61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 94.65, 319.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1751 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.247 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5046, 19.8768, 77.4995)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA40E7 #6DE740

analogous

#6640E7 #BA40E7 #E740C1

triadic

#BA40E7 #E7BA40 #40E7BA

tetradic

#BA40E7 #E76640 #6DE740 #40C1E7

square

#BA40E7 #E76640 #6DE740 #40C1E7

split-complementary

#BA40E7 #C1E740 #40E766

monochromatic

#751399 #9F1AD0 #BA40E7 #CE76EE #E1ADF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BA40E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BA40E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA40E7

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA40E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA40E7	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba40e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 64, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.247 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380ef',
    500: '#ba40e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba40e7;
$custom-light: #d380ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba40e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.832,
    "s": 77.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61536,
    "c": 0.2471,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA40E7

secondary

#B2E3A0

accent

#F43468

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA40E7

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

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