#BA42D2#BA42D2

#BA42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.227 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42D2
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 66.94, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 84.50, 322.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1748 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.227 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8294, 18.9904, 62.8439)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42D2 #5AD242

analogous

#7242D2 #BA42D2 #D242A2

triadic

#BA42D2 #D2BA42 #42D2BA

tetradic

#BA42D2 #D27242 #5AD242 #42A2D2

square

#BA42D2 #D27242 #5AD242 #42A2D2

split-complementary

#BA42D2 #A2D242 #42D272

monochromatic

#6C1E7C #9729AD #BA42D2 #CC73DE #DEA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BA42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BA42D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42D2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42D2	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#507DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.227 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d280e0',
    500: '#ba42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42d2;
$custom-light: #d280e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60397,
    "c": 0.22664,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42D2

secondary

#A3D799

accent

#E5435E

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42D2

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

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