#BA42DC#BA42DC

#BA42DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.235 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42DC
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(287, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 70%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 68.81, -56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 88.91, 320.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.1743 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.235 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1143, 19.5044, 69.6113)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42DC #64DC42

analogous

#6D42DC #BA42DC #DC42B1

triadic

#BA42DC #DCBA42 #42DCBA

tetradic

#BA42DC #DC6D42 #64DC42 #42B1DC

square

#BA42DC #DC6D42 #64DC42 #42B1DC

split-complementary

#BA42DC #B1DC42 #42DC6D

monochromatic

#711A8A #9C23BE #BA42DC #CD76E6 #E0A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BA42DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BA42DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42DC

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42DC	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9608B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.235 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d380e8',
    500: '#ba42dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42dc;
$custom-light: #d380e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.753,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61014,
    "c": 0.23529,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42DC

secondary

#ABDD9D

accent

#EC3C63

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42DC

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

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