#BA42AA#BA42AA

#BA42AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.194 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42AA
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(308, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 8.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 60.07, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 67.92, 332.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.1734 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.194 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4537, 17.2401, 39.7988)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42AA #42BA52

analogous

#8E42BA #BA42AA #BA426E

triadic

#BA42AA #AABA42 #42AABA

tetradic

#BA42AA #BA8E42 #42BA52 #426EBA

square

#BA42AA #BA8E42 #42BA52 #426EBA

split-complementary

#BA42AA #6EBA42 #42BA8E

monochromatic

#602257 #8D3281 #BA42AA #CB6EBF #DB9BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BA42AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BA42AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA42AA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA42AA	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F68AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.194 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fc3',
    500: '#ba42aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42aa;
$custom-light: #d27fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58186,
    "c": 0.19383,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42AA

secondary

#90C898

accent

#D76351

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42AA

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

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