#BA42DF#BA42DF

#BA42DF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.238 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42DF
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(286, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 70.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 69.37, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 90.24, 320.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.174 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.238 317)
XYZ	xyz(35.5152, 19.6647, 71.7226)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42DF #67DF42

analogous

#6C42DF #BA42DF #DF42B6

triadic

#BA42DF #DFBA42 #42DFBA

tetradic

#BA42DF #DF6C42 #67DF42 #42B6DF

square

#BA42DF #DF6C42 #67DF42 #42B6DF

split-complementary

#BA42DF #B6DF42 #42DF6C

monochromatic

#73188E #9D21C3 #BA42DF #CD76E8 #E0ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BA42DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BA42DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42DF

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42DF	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8628C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.238 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381ea',
    500: '#ba42df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42df;
$custom-light: #d381ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.86,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61204,
    "c": 0.23791,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.19663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42DF

secondary

#ADDF9E

accent

#EE3A64

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42DF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →