#BA42E3#BA42E3

#BA42E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.241 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42E3
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 227)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 70.14, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 92.03, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.1737 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.241 316)
XYZ	xyz(36.0609, 19.8830, 74.5964)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42E3 #6BE342

analogous

#6942E3 #BA42E3 #E342BC

triadic

#BA42E3 #E3BA42 #42E3BA

tetradic

#BA42E3 #E36942 #6BE342 #42BCE3

square

#BA42E3 #E36942 #6BE342 #42BCE3

split-complementary

#BA42E3 #BCE342 #42E369

monochromatic

#741695 #9E1ECA #BA42E3 #CD77EB #E1ADF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BA42E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BA42E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42E3

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42E3	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7638F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.241 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381ed',
    500: '#ba42e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42e3;
$custom-light: #d381ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.72,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61461,
    "c": 0.24141,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.19882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42E3

secondary

#B0E1A0

accent

#F13766

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42E3

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

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