#BA42C3#BA42C3

#BA42C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.214 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42C3
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(296, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 64.25, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 78.03, 325.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.175 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.214 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0475, 18.2776, 53.4591)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42C3 #4BC342

analogous

#7942C3 #BA42C3 #C3428B

triadic

#BA42C3 #C3BA42 #42C3BA

tetradic

#BA42C3 #C37942 #4BC342 #428BC3

square

#BA42C3 #C37942 #4BC342 #428BC3

split-complementary

#BA42C3 #8BC342 #42C379

monochromatic

#642169 #903098 #BA42C3 #CB70D2 #DC9FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BA42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BA42C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42C3

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42C3	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#276DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.214 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280d6',
    500: '#ba42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42c3;
$custom-light: #d280d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.814,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59518,
    "c": 0.21391,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42C3

secondary

#98CD94

accent

#DB4D56

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42C3

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

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