#BA42E7#BA42E7

#BA42E7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.245 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA42E7
RGB	rgb(186, 66, 231)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 70.91, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 93.82, 319.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.1732 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.245 315)
XYZ	xyz(36.6194, 20.1064, 77.5378)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA42E7 #6FE742

analogous

#6742E7 #BA42E7 #E742C2

triadic

#BA42E7 #E7BA42 #42E7BA

tetradic

#BA42E7 #E76742 #6FE742 #42C2E7

square

#BA42E7 #E76742 #6FE742 #42C2E7

split-complementary

#BA42E7 #C2E742 #42E767

monochromatic

#76149B #9F1BD1 #BA42E7 #CE78EE #E2AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BA42E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BA42E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA42E7

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA42E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA42E7	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba42e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 66, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.245 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d381ef',
    500: '#ba42e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba42e7;
$custom-light: #d381ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba42e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61721,
    "c": 0.24492,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.20105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA42E7

secondary

#B3E3A2

accent

#F43468

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA42E7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →