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Recognised as Colour

#BA00E5

  • #BA00E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#BA00E5 is a violet with RGB values 186, 0, 229 and HSL 289°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#BA00E5#BA00E5
HEX#BA00E5
RGBrgb(186, 0, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0, 0.898
RGB percentages72.9%, 0%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(288.7, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.7, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK18.8%, 100%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,189,925
CSS custom property--colour: #BA00E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.98:1
Contrast with white4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#45FF1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0674E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B74E87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.2Blue violet · ΔE 16.6Fuchsia · ΔE 20.6Magenta · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Medium orchid · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2BE500
Analogous#4700E5, #E5009E
Triadic#E5BA00, #00E5BA
Split complementary#9EE500, #00E547
Tetradic#E54700, #2BE500, #009EE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1B2FF
Lighter +30%#E77FFF
Lighter +20%#DD4CFF
Lighter +10%#D419FF
Darker −10%#9100B2
Darker −20%#67007F
Darker −30%#3E004C
Darker −40%#140019
More saturated +25%#BA00E5
Less saturated −25%#A81DC8

Channel breakdown

R186
G0
B229
Red186 (72.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue288.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G 00 · B E5

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