#BA42D1#BA42D1

#BA42D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.226 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42D1
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 66.76, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 84.06, 322.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1749 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.226 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7052, 18.9407, 62.1898)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42D1 #59D142

analogous

#7342D1 #BA42D1 #D142A1

triadic

#BA42D1 #D1BA42 #42D1BA

tetradic

#BA42D1 #D17342 #59D142 #42A1D1

square

#BA42D1 #D17342 #59D142 #42A1D1

split-complementary

#BA42D1 #A1D142 #42D173

monochromatic

#6C1E7B #972AAC #BA42D1 #CC73DD #DEA4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BA42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BA42D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42D1

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42D1	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0570D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.226 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280e0',
    500: '#ba42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42d1;
$custom-light: #d280e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.35,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60336,
    "c": 0.22578,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42D1

secondary

#A3D699

accent

#E4445E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42D1

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

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