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Recognised as Colour

#BA63D5

  • #BA63D5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#BA63D5 is a violet with RGB values 186, 99, 213 and HSL 286°, 58%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#BA63D5#BA63D5
HEX#BA63D5
RGBrgb(186, 99, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.3882, 0.8353
RGB percentages72.9%, 38.8%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(285.8, 57.6%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 53.5%, 83.5%)
CMYK12.7%, 53.5%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,215,253
CSS custom property--colour: #BA63D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24167WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.83:1
Contrast with white3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#459C2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B81D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#678AD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Tritanopia#B97493no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.5Orchid · ΔE 12.2Violet · ΔE 15.9Medium purple · ΔE 16.9Dark orchid · ΔE 23.8Slate blue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7ED563
Analogous#8163D5, #D563B7
Triadic#D5BA63, #63D5BA
Split complementary#B7D563, #63D581
Tetradic#D58163, #7ED563, #63B7D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFDCF5
Lighter +20%#DEB3EB
Lighter +10%#CC8BE0
Darker −10%#A83BCA
Darker −20%#892DA5
Darker −30%#68227D
Darker −40%#461755
More saturated +25%#C74AEE
Less saturated −25%#AD7CBC

Channel breakdown

R186
G99
B213
Red186 (72.9%)
Green99 (38.8%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue285.79°
Saturation (HSL)57.58%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G 63 · B D5

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