#BA42CE#BA42CE

#BA42CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.223 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42CE
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 66.22, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 82.75, 323.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.175 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.223 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3373, 18.7935, 60.2521)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42CE #56CE42

analogous

#7442CE #BA42CE #CE429C

triadic

#BA42CE #CEBA42 #42CEBA

tetradic

#BA42CE #CE7442 #56CE42 #429CCE

square

#BA42CE #CE7442 #56CE42 #429CCE

split-complementary

#BA42CE #9CCE42 #42CE74

monochromatic

#6A1F77 #962BA7 #BA42CE #CC73DB #DDA3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BA42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BA42CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42CE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42CE	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#116FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.223 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280dd',
    500: '#ba42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42ce;
$custom-light: #d280dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60157,
    "c": 0.22321,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42CE

secondary

#A0D498

accent

#E2465C

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42CE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →