#BA42CA#BA42CA

#BA42CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.220 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42CA
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 65.49, -47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 81.02, 323.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.175 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.22 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8575, 18.6016, 57.7254)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42CA #52CA42

analogous

#7642CA #BA42CA #CA4296

triadic

#BA42CA #CABA42 #42CABA

tetradic

#BA42CA #CA7642 #52CA42 #4296CA

square

#BA42CA #CA7642 #52CA42 #4296CA

split-complementary

#BA42CA #96CA42 #42CA76

monochromatic

#682072 #942DA2 #BA42CA #CB72D7 #DDA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BA42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BA42CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42CA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42CA	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B6FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.220 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280db',
    500: '#ba42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42ca;
$custom-light: #d280db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59921,
    "c": 0.21981,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42CA

secondary

#9DD196

accent

#DF485A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42CA

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

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