Colour

#BA99DE

#BA99DE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#BA99DE is a violet with RGB values 186, 153, 222 and HSL 269°, 51%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BA99DE#BA99DE

HEX#BA99DE

RGBrgb(186, 153, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6, 0.8706

RGB percentages72.9%, 60%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(268.7, 51.1%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.7, 31.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK16.2%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,229,086

CSS custom property--colour: #BA99DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.7:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#456621

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8CA6E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#92A7DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Tritanopia#B5A3B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.6 Medium purple · ΔE 26.3 Thistle · ΔE 27.2 Orchid · ΔE 30.6 Violet · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BDDE99

Analogous#999BDE, #DD99DE

Triadic#DEBA99, #99DEBA

Split complementary#DEDC99, #9BDE99

Tetradic#DE999B, #BDDE99, #99DEDD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EEE6F7

Lighter +10%#D4C0EA

Darker −10%#A072D2

Darker −20%#864CC5

Darker −30%#6D36A8

Darker −40%#542A81

More saturated +25%#B988EF

Less saturated −25%#BBAACD

Channel breakdown

R186

G153

B222

Red186 (72.9%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue268.7°

Saturation (HSL)51.11%

Lightness73.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G 99 · B DE

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