Colour

#BA88EF

#BA88EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#BA88EF is a violet with RGB values 186, 136, 239 and HSL 269°, 76%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#BA88EF#BA88EF

HEX#BA88EF

RGBrgb(186, 136, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.5333, 0.9373

RGB percentages72.9%, 53.3%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(269.1, 76.3%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269.1, 43.1%, 93.7%)

CMYK22.2%, 43.1%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,224,751

CSS custom property--colour: #BA88EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34279WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.86:1

Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#457710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E9DF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A9EECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B299B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.6 Orchid · ΔE 19.7 Violet · ΔE 19.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 23.5 Slate blue · ΔE 23.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BDEF88

Analogous#888AEF, #ED88EF

Triadic#EFBA88, #88EFBA

Split complementary#EFEE88, #8AEF88

Tetradic#EF888A, #BDEF88, #88EFED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EEE2FB

Lighter +10%#D4B5F5

Darker −10%#A05BE9

Darker −20%#862EE3

Darker −30%#6D1AC4

Darker −40%#541497

More saturated +25%#BA78FF

Less saturated −25%#BA99DE

Channel breakdown

R186

G136

B239

Red186 (72.9%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue269.13°

Saturation (HSL)76.3%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G 88 · B EF

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