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Recognised as Colour

#BA42DA

  • #BA42DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#BA42DA is a violet with RGB values 186, 66, 218 and HSL 287°, 67%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#BA42DA#BA42DA
HEX#BA42DA
RGBrgb(186, 66, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.2588, 0.8549
RGB percentages72.9%, 25.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(287.4, 67.3%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.4, 69.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK14.7%, 69.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,206,810
CSS custom property--colour: #BA42DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#45BD25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#497ED6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B95F8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.7Medium orchid · ΔE 12.5Dark violet · ΔE 20.5Blue violet · ΔE 21.4Dark magenta · ΔE 25.6Orchid · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62DA42
Analogous#6E42DA, #DA42AE
Triadic#DABA42, #42DABA
Split complementary#AEDA42, #42DA6E
Tetradic#DA6E42, #62DA42, #42AEDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8EDFB
Lighter +30%#E9C2F3
Lighter +20%#D997EB
Lighter +10%#CA6DE2
Darker −10%#A226C3
Darker −20%#7E1E98
Darker −30%#5B156E
Darker −40%#380D43
More saturated +25%#CA26F6
Less saturated −25%#AA5EBE

Channel breakdown

R186
G66
B218
Red186 (72.9%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue287.37°
Saturation (HSL)67.26%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G 42 · B DA

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