#BA42B2#BA42B2

#BA42B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.200 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42B2
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 61.36, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 71.03, 329.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1742 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.2 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2337, 17.5521, 43.9063)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42B2 #42BA4A

analogous

#8642BA #BA42B2 #BA4276

triadic

#BA42B2 #B2BA42 #42B2BA

tetradic

#BA42B2 #BA8642 #42BA4A #4276BA

square

#BA42B2 #BA8642 #42BA4A #4276BA

split-complementary

#BA42B2 #76BA42 #42BA86

monochromatic

#60225C #8D3287 #BA42B2 #CB6EC5 #DB9BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BA42B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BA42B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA42B2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA42B2	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#396AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.200 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fc9',
    500: '#ba42b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42b2;
$custom-light: #d27fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58593,
    "c": 0.20006,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42B2

secondary

#90C894

accent

#D75A51

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42B2

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

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