#BA42CB#BA42CB

#BA42CB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.221 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42CB
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(293, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(293, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 67.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 65.67, -48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 81.45, 323.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.175 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.221 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9763, 18.6492, 58.3510)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42CB #53CB42

analogous

#7642CB #BA42CB #CB4297

triadic

#BA42CB #CBBA42 #42CBBA

tetradic

#BA42CB #CB7642 #53CB42 #4297CB

square

#BA42CB #CB7642 #53CB42 #4297CB

split-complementary

#BA42CB #97CB42 #42CB76

monochromatic

#692073 #942DA3 #BA42CB #CC72D8 #DDA2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BA42CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BA42CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42CB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42CB	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#196FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.221 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280db',
    500: '#ba42cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42cb;
$custom-light: #d280db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.555,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59979,
    "c": 0.22065,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42CB

secondary

#9ED297

accent

#E0485B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42CB

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

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