#BA42AB#BA42AB

#BA42AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.195 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42AB
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 171)
HSL	hsl(308, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(308, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 8.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 60.23, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 68.30, 331.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1735 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.195 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5487, 17.2781, 40.2989)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42AB #42BA51

analogous

#8D42BA #BA42AB #BA426F

triadic

#BA42AB #ABBA42 #42ABBA

tetradic

#BA42AB #BA8D42 #42BA51 #426FBA

square

#BA42AB #BA8D42 #42BA51 #426FBA

split-complementary

#BA42AB #6FBA42 #42BA8D

monochromatic

#602258 #8D3281 #BA42AB #CB6EC0 #DB9BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BA42AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BA42AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA42AB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA42AB	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E68AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.195 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fc4',
    500: '#ba42ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42ab;
$custom-light: #d27fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58236,
    "c": 0.19459,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42AB

secondary

#90C897

accent

#D76151

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42AB

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

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