#BA42BE#BA42BE

#BA42BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.210 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42BE
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(298, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 65.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 63.38, -41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 75.93, 326.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.1749 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.21 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4916, 18.0553, 50.5315)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42BE #46BE42

analogous

#7C42BE #BA42BE #BE4284

triadic

#BA42BE #BEBA42 #42BEBA

tetradic

#BA42BE #BE7C42 #46BE42 #4284BE

square

#BA42BE #BE7C42 #46BE42 #4284BE

split-complementary

#BA42BE #84BE42 #42BE7C

monochromatic

#612263 #8E3291 #BA42BE #CB70CE #DB9DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BA42BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BA42BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42BE

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42BE	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D6CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.210 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27fd2',
    500: '#ba42be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42be;
$custom-light: #d27fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.065,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59238,
    "c": 0.20976,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42BE

secondary

#94CA92

accent

#D84F54

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FAEFF9

border

#D3CAD2

text

#140B14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42BE

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

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