#BA42B3#BA42B3

#BA42B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.201 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42B3
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(304, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 61.53, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 71.43, 329.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.1743 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.201 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3344, 17.5924, 44.4371)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42B3 #42BA49

analogous

#8542BA #BA42B3 #BA4277

triadic

#BA42B3 #B3BA42 #42B3BA

tetradic

#BA42B3 #BA8542 #42BA49 #4277BA

square

#BA42B3 #BA8542 #42BA49 #4277BA

split-complementary

#BA42B3 #77BA42 #42BA85

monochromatic

#60225C #8D3288 #BA42B3 #CB6EC6 #DB9BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BA42B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BA42B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA42B3

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA42B3	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#386AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.201 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fca',
    500: '#ba42b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42b3;
$custom-light: #d27fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58645,
    "c": 0.20085,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42B3

secondary

#90C893

accent

#D75851

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF8

border

#D3CAD1

text

#140B13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42B3

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

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