#BA42C0#BA42C0

#BA42C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.211 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42C0
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 192)
HSL	hsl(297, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 65.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 63.73, -42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 76.77, 326.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.175 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.211 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7117, 18.1433, 51.6907)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42C0 #48C042

analogous

#7B42C0 #BA42C0 #C04287

triadic

#BA42C0 #C0BA42 #42C0BA

tetradic

#BA42C0 #C07B42 #48C042 #4287C0

square

#BA42C0 #C07B42 #48C042 #4287C0

split-complementary

#BA42C0 #87C042 #42C07B

monochromatic

#622266 #8F3194 #BA42C0 #CB70CF #DC9EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BA42C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BA42C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42C0

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42C0	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B6CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF557C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.211 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280d3',
    500: '#ba42c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42c0;
$custom-light: #d280d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59349,
    "c": 0.21142,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42C0

secondary

#96CB93

accent

#DA4E55

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#140B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42C0

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

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