#BA42DB#BA42DB

#BA42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.234 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42DB
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 68.62, -55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 88.47, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.1743 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.234 318)
XYZ	xyz(34.9823, 19.4516, 68.9159)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42DB #63DB42

analogous

#6D42DB #BA42DB #DB42AF

triadic

#BA42DB #DBBA42 #42DBBA

tetradic

#BA42DB #DB6D42 #63DB42 #42AFDB

square

#BA42DB #DB6D42 #63DB42 #42AFDB

split-complementary

#BA42DB #AFDB42 #42DB6D

monochromatic

#711A89 #9B24BC #BA42DB #CD75E5 #E0A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BA42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BA42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42DB

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42DB	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0072DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.234 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e7',
    500: '#ba42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42db;
$custom-light: #d380e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.059,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60951,
    "c": 0.23442,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.1945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42DB

secondary

#AADC9D

accent

#EB3D62

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFC

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42DB

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

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