#BA42C7#BA42C7

#BA42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.217 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42C7
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(294, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 64.96, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 79.73, 324.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1751 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.217 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5058, 18.4609, 55.8729)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42C7 #4FC742

analogous

#7742C7 #BA42C7 #C74292

triadic

#BA42C7 #C7BA42 #42C7BA

tetradic

#BA42C7 #C77742 #4FC742 #4292C7

square

#BA42C7 #C77742 #4FC742 #4292C7

split-complementary

#BA42C7 #92C742 #42C777

monochromatic

#66216E #922F9D #BA42C7 #CB71D5 #DCA0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BA42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BA42C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42C7

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42C7	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#216ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD587F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.217 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280d8',
    500: '#ba42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42c7;
$custom-light: #d280d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.135,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59746,
    "c": 0.21727,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42C7

secondary

#9BD095

accent

#DE4A59

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42C7

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

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