#BA42E2#BA42E2

#BA42E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.241 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42E2
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 69.95, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 91.58, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.1737 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.241 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9233, 19.8279, 73.8717)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42E2 #6AE242

analogous

#6A42E2 #BA42E2 #E242BA

triadic

#BA42E2 #E2BA42 #42E2BA

tetradic

#BA42E2 #E26A42 #6AE242 #42BAE2

square

#BA42E2 #E26A42 #6AE242 #42BAE2

split-complementary

#BA42E2 #BAE242 #42E26A

monochromatic

#741793 #9E1FC8 #BA42E2 #CD77EA #E1ACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BA42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BA42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42E2

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42E2	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7638E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.241 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381ec',
    500: '#ba42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42e2;
$custom-light: #d381ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61396,
    "c": 0.24053,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42E2

secondary

#B0E09F

accent

#F03866

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42E2

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

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