#BA42CD#BA42CD

#BA42CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.222 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42CD
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(292, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(292, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 66.03, -49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 82.32, 323.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.175 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.222 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2162, 18.7451, 59.6143)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42CD #55CD42

analogous

#7542CD #BA42CD #CD429A

triadic

#BA42CD #CDBA42 #42CDBA

tetradic

#BA42CD #CD7542 #55CD42 #429ACD

square

#BA42CD #CD7542 #55CD42 #429ACD

split-complementary

#BA42CD #9ACD42 #42CD75

monochromatic

#6A1F76 #952CA6 #BA42CD #CC72DA #DDA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BA42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BA42CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42CD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42CD	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#146FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.222 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280dd',
    500: '#ba42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42cd;
$custom-light: #d280dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.799,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60097,
    "c": 0.22236,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42CD

secondary

#A0D397

accent

#E1465C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42CD

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

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