#BA42CF#BA42CF

#BA42CF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.224 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42CF
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 66.40, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 83.19, 322.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1749 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.224 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4591, 18.8423, 60.8939)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42CF #57CF42

analogous

#7342CF #BA42CF #CF429D

triadic

#BA42CF #CFBA42 #42CFBA

tetradic

#BA42CF #CF7342 #57CF42 #429DCF

square

#BA42CF #CF7342 #57CF42 #429DCF

split-complementary

#BA42CF #9DCF42 #42CF73

monochromatic

#6B1F78 #962BA9 #BA42CF #CC73DB #DEA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BA42CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BA42CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42CF

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42CF	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E70D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.224 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280de',
    500: '#ba42cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42cf;
$custom-light: #d280de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.064,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60216,
    "c": 0.22406,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42CF

secondary

#A1D598

accent

#E3455D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42CF

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

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