#BA42C8#BA42C8

#BA42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.218 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42C8
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(294, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 65.14, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 80.16, 324.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1751 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.218 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6223, 18.5075, 56.4864)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42C8 #50C842

analogous

#7742C8 #BA42C8 #C84293

triadic

#BA42C8 #C8BA42 #42C8BA

tetradic

#BA42C8 #C87742 #50C842 #4293C8

square

#BA42C8 #C87742 #50C842 #4293C8

split-complementary

#BA42C8 #93C842 #42C877

monochromatic

#67206F #932E9F #BA42C8 #CB71D6 #DDA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BA42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BA42C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42C8

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42C8	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F6ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.218 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280d9',
    500: '#ba42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42c8;
$custom-light: #d280d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.731,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59804,
    "c": 0.21812,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42C8

secondary

#9CD096

accent

#DE4A59

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFA

border

#D3CAD3

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42C8

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

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