#BA42D4#BA42D4

#BA42D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.228 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42D4
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 212)
HSL	hsl(289, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 68.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 67.31, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 85.38, 322.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.1748 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.228 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0801, 19.0907, 64.1643)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42D4 #5CD442

analogous

#7142D4 #BA42D4 #D442A5

triadic

#BA42D4 #D4BA42 #42D4BA

tetradic

#BA42D4 #D47142 #5CD442 #42A5D4

square

#BA42D4 #D47142 #5CD442 #42A5D4

split-complementary

#BA42D4 #A5D442 #42D471

monochromatic

#6D1D7F #9828B1 #BA42D4 #CC74DF #DEA6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BA42D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BA42D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42D4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42D4	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.228 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e2',
    500: '#ba42d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42d4;
$custom-light: #d380e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.315,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60518,
    "c": 0.22836,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42D4

secondary

#A5D89A

accent

#E6425F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FAEFFB

border

#D3CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42D4

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

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