#BA42E0#BA42E0

#BA42E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.239 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42E0
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 69.56, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 90.69, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.1739 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.239 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6504, 19.7188, 72.4348)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42E0 #68E042

analogous

#6B42E0 #BA42E0 #E042B7

triadic

#BA42E0 #E0BA42 #42E0BA

tetradic

#BA42E0 #E06B42 #68E042 #42B7E0

square

#BA42E0 #E06B42 #68E042 #42B7E0

split-complementary

#BA42E0 #B7E042 #42E06B

monochromatic

#731890 #9D20C5 #BA42E0 #CD77E9 #E0ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BA42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BA42E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42E0

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42E0	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8628D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.239 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381ea',
    500: '#ba42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42e0;
$custom-light: #d381ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.57,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61268,
    "c": 0.23878,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42E0

secondary

#AEDF9F

accent

#EF3965

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42E0

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

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