#BA42D3#BA42D3

#BA42D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.228 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42D3
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(290, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 67.13, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 84.94, 322.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1748 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.228 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9544, 19.0404, 63.5020)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42D3 #5BD342

analogous

#7242D3 #BA42D3 #D342A4

triadic

#BA42D3 #D3BA42 #42D3BA

tetradic

#BA42D3 #D37242 #5BD342 #42A4D3

square

#BA42D3 #D37242 #5BD342 #42A4D3

split-complementary

#BA42D3 #A4D342 #42D372

monochromatic

#6D1D7D #9829AF #BA42D3 #CC74DF #DEA5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BA42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BA42D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42D3

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42D3	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.228 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e1',
    500: '#ba42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42d3;
$custom-light: #d380e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60458,
    "c": 0.2275,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42D3

secondary

#A4D79A

accent

#E5425F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42D3

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

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