#BA42BD#BA42BD

#BA42BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.209 H 326.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42BD
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 65.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 63.21, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 75.51, 326.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1749 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.209 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3827, 18.0117, 49.9579)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42BD #45BD42

analogous

#7D42BD #BA42BD #BD4282

triadic

#BA42BD #BDBA42 #42BDBA

tetradic

#BA42BD #BD7D42 #45BD42 #4282BD

square

#BA42BD #BD7D42 #45BD42 #4282BD

split-complementary

#BA42BD #82BD42 #42BD7D

monochromatic

#612262 #8D3290 #BA42BD #CB6FCD #DB9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BA42BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BA42BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42BD

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42BD	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E6CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF537A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.209 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fd1',
    500: '#ba42bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42bd;
$custom-light: #d27fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.537,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59182,
    "c": 0.20894,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42BD

secondary

#93C992

accent

#D85053

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42BD

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

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