Recognised as Colour

#BA81E9

#BA81E9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#BA81E9 is a violet with RGB values 186, 129, 233 and HSL 273°, 70%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#BA81E9

RGBrgb(186, 129, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.5059, 0.9137

RGB percentages72.9%, 50.6%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(272.9, 70.3%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 44.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK20.2%, 44.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,222,953

CSS custom property--colour: #BA81E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1

Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#457E16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6897EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#779AE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B492AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11 Orchid · ΔE 17.3 Violet · ΔE 18.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 20.6 Slate blue · ΔE 23 Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B0E981

Analogous#8681E9, #E981E4

Triadic#E9BA81, #81E9BA

Split complementary#E4E981, #81E986

Tetradic#E98681, #B0E981, #81E4E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EAD8F8

Lighter +10%#D2ACF1

Darker −10%#A256E1

Darker −20%#8A2ADA

Darker −30%#701FB2

Darker −40%#541787

More saturated +25%#BC6EFB

Less saturated −25%#B893D6

Channel breakdown

R186

G129

B233

Red186 (72.9%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue272.88°

Saturation (HSL)70.27%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G 81 · B E9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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