#BA42AD#BA42AD

#BA42AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.196 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42AD
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 173)
HSL	hsl(307, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(307, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 60.55, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 69.07, 331.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1737 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.196 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7408, 17.3549, 41.3105)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42AD #42BA4F

analogous

#8B42BA #BA42AD #BA4271

triadic

#BA42AD #ADBA42 #42ADBA

tetradic

#BA42AD #BA8B42 #42BA4F #4271BA

square

#BA42AD #BA8B42 #42BA4F #4271BA

split-complementary

#BA42AD #71BA42 #42BA8B

monochromatic

#602259 #8D3283 #BA42AD #CB6EC1 #DB9BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BA42AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BA42AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA42AD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA42AD	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D69B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.196 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fc6',
    500: '#ba42ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42ad;
$custom-light: #d27fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58337,
    "c": 0.19613,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42AD

secondary

#90C896

accent

#D75F51

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42AD

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

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