#BA42BF#BA42BF

#BA42BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.211 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42BF
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(298, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(298, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 63.56, -42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 76.35, 326.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1749 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.211 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6013, 18.0991, 51.1091)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42BF #47BF42

analogous

#7B42BF #BA42BF #BF4285

triadic

#BA42BF #BFBA42 #42BFBA

tetradic

#BA42BF #BF7B42 #47BF42 #4285BF

square

#BA42BF #BF7B42 #47BF42 #4285BF

split-complementary

#BA42BF #85BF42 #42BF7B

monochromatic

#622265 #8E3292 #BA42BF #CB70CE #DB9DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#BA42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#BA42BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42BF

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42BF	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C6CC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF547B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.211 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280d3',
    500: '#ba42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42bf;
$custom-light: #d280d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59293,
    "c": 0.21059,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42BF

secondary

#95CA93

accent

#D94F54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42BF

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

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