#BA42DD#BA42DD

#BA42DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.236 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42DD
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(286, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 68.99, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 89.35, 320.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1742 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.236 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2472, 19.5575, 70.3109)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42DD #65DD42

analogous

#6D42DD #BA42DD #DD42B2

triadic

#BA42DD #DDBA42 #42DDBA

tetradic

#BA42DD #DD6D42 #65DD42 #42B2DD

square

#BA42DD #DD6D42 #65DD42 #42B2DD

split-complementary

#BA42DD #B2DD42 #42DD6D

monochromatic

#72198C #9C22BF #BA42DD #CD76E6 #E0AAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BA42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BA42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42DD

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42DD	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9618B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.236 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381e8',
    500: '#ba42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42dd;
$custom-light: #d381e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61077,
    "c": 0.23616,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42DD

secondary

#ACDD9D

accent

#EC3B63

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42DD

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

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