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Recognised as Colour

#BA9BFD

  • #BA9BFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#BA9BFD is a violet with RGB values 186, 155, 253 and HSL 259°, 96%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#BA9BFD#BA9BFD
HEX#BA9BFD
RGBrgb(186, 155, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6078, 0.9922
RGB percentages72.9%, 60.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(259, 96.1%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 38.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK26.5%, 38.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,229,629
CSS custom property--colour: #BA9BFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.19:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#456402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81ACFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#86AAFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#ADACC0no 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 text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17Plum · ΔE 23Cornflower blue · ΔE 24Violet · ΔE 26.1Orchid · ΔE 27Slate blue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEFD9B
Analogous#9BADFD, #EB9BFD
Triadic#FDBA9B, #9BFDBA
Split complementary#FDEB9B, #ADFD9B
Tetradic#FD9BAD, #DEFD9B, #9BFDEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDCDFE
Darker −10%#9769FC
Darker −20%#7537FB
Darker −30%#5205FA
Darker −40%#4204C8
More saturated +25%#B999FF
Less saturated −25%#BFA8F0

Channel breakdown

R186
G155
B253
Red186 (72.9%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue258.98°
Saturation (HSL)96.08%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G 9B · B FD

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