#BA42AE#BA42AE

#BA42AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.197 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42AE
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 174)
HSL	hsl(306, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 60.71, -33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 69.46, 330.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1738 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.197 332)
XYZ	xyz(29.8379, 17.3938, 41.8220)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42AE #42BA4E

analogous

#8A42BA #BA42AE #BA4272

triadic

#BA42AE #AEBA42 #42AEBA

tetradic

#BA42AE #BA8A42 #42BA4E #4272BA

square

#BA42AE #BA8A42 #42BA4E #4272BA

split-complementary

#BA42AE #72BA42 #42BA8A

monochromatic

#602259 #8D3284 #BA42AE #CB6EC2 #DB9BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BA42AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BA42AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA42AE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA42AE	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C69B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.197 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fc6',
    500: '#ba42ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42ae;
$custom-light: #d27fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58387,
    "c": 0.19691,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.17392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42AE

secondary

#90C896

accent

#D75E51

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42AE

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

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