#BA42D7#BA42D7

#BA42D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.231 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42D7
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 215)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 69.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 67.87, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 86.70, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.1746 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.231 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4620, 19.2434, 66.1759)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42D7 #5FD742

analogous

#6F42D7 #BA42D7 #D742AA

triadic

#BA42D7 #D7BA42 #42D7BA

tetradic

#BA42D7 #D76F42 #5FD742 #42AAD7

square

#BA42D7 #D76F42 #5FD742 #42AAD7

split-complementary

#BA42D7 #AAD742 #42D76F

monochromatic

#6F1C83 #9A26B5 #BA42D7 #CC75E2 #DFA7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BA42D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BA42D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42D7

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42D7	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA5E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.231 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e4',
    500: '#ba42d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42d7;
$custom-light: #d380e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.322,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60703,
    "c": 0.23095,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42D7

secondary

#A7DA9B

accent

#E84061

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42D7

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

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