#BA42BC#BA42BC

#BA42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.208 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42BC
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(299, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 63.04, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 75.10, 327.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1748 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.208 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2745, 17.9684, 49.3882)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42BC #44BC42

analogous

#7D42BC #BA42BC #BC4281

triadic

#BA42BC #BCBA42 #42BCBA

tetradic

#BA42BC #BC7D42 #44BC42 #4281BC

square

#BA42BC #BC7D42 #44BC42 #4281BC

split-complementary

#BA42BC #81BC42 #42BC7D

monochromatic

#602261 #8D328F #BA42BC #CB6FCC #DB9CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BA42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BA42BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42BC

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42BC	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#306CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.208 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fd0',
    500: '#ba42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42bc;
$custom-light: #d27fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.016,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59127,
    "c": 0.20812,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42BC

secondary

#92C991

accent

#D85052

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42BC

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

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