#BA42C9#BA42C9

#BA42C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.219 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42C9
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(293, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 67.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 65.31, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 80.59, 324.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1751 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.219 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7395, 18.5544, 57.1039)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42C9 #51C942

analogous

#7642C9 #BA42C9 #C94295

triadic

#BA42C9 #C9BA42 #42C9BA

tetradic

#BA42C9 #C97642 #51C942 #4295C9

square

#BA42C9 #C97642 #51C942 #4295C9

split-complementary

#BA42C9 #95C942 #42C976

monochromatic

#682070 #932EA0 #BA42C9 #CB72D7 #DDA1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BA42C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BA42C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42C9

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42C9	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D6ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.219 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280da',
    500: '#ba42c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42c9;
$custom-light: #d280da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59862,
    "c": 0.21896,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42C9

secondary

#9DD196

accent

#DF495A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42C9

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

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