#BA42D0#BA42D0

#BA42D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.225 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42D0
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(291, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 66.58, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 83.63, 322.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.1749 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.225 321)
XYZ	xyz(33.5818, 18.8913, 61.5398)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42D0 #58D042

analogous

#7342D0 #BA42D0 #D0429F

triadic

#BA42D0 #D0BA42 #42D0BA

tetradic

#BA42D0 #D07342 #58D042 #429FD0

square

#BA42D0 #D07342 #58D042 #429FD0

split-complementary

#BA42D0 #9FD042 #42D073

monochromatic

#6B1E79 #972AAA #BA42D0 #CC73DC #DEA4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BA42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BA42D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42D0

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42D0	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A70D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.225 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280df',
    500: '#ba42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42d0;
$custom-light: #d280df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.704,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60276,
    "c": 0.22492,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.1889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42D0

secondary

#A2D599

accent

#E3445D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42D0

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

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