#BA42C4#BA42C4

#BA42C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.215 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42C4
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(295, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(295, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 64.43, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 78.46, 325.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.175 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.215 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1609, 18.3230, 54.0566)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42C4 #4CC442

analogous

#7942C4 #BA42C4 #C4428D

triadic

#BA42C4 #C4BA42 #42C4BA

tetradic

#BA42C4 #C47942 #4CC442 #428DC4

square

#BA42C4 #C47942 #4CC442 #428DC4

split-complementary

#BA42C4 #8DC442 #42C479

monochromatic

#65216A #913099 #BA42C4 #CB71D3 #DC9FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BA42C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BA42C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42C4

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42C4	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	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)

#266DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE567E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.215 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280d6',
    500: '#ba42c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42c4;
$custom-light: #d280d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59574,
    "c": 0.21475,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42C4

secondary

#99CE94

accent

#DC4C57

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42C4

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

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