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Recognised as Colour

#BA9ECD

  • #BA9ECD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BA9ECD is a violet with RGB values 186, 158, 205 and HSL 276°, 32%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BA9ECD#BA9ECD
HEX#BA9ECD
RGBrgb(186, 158, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6196, 0.8039
RGB percentages72.9%, 62%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(275.7, 32%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 22.9%, 80.4%)
CMYK9.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,230,349
CSS custom property--colour: #BA9ECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#456132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97A7CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA9CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#B8A4AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.3Thistle · ΔE 16.7Light steelblue · ΔE 23Light slate grey · ΔE 26.6Rosy brown · ΔE 27.4Dark grey · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1CD9E
Analogous#A29ECD, #CD9EC9
Triadic#CDBA9E, #9ECDBA
Split complementary#C9CD9E, #9ECDA2
Tetradic#CDA29E, #B1CD9E, #9EC9CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAE1F0
Lighter +10%#D2C0DE
Darker −10%#A27CBC
Darker −20%#8A5BAA
Darker −30%#6F478B
Darker −40%#543669
More saturated +25%#BE8CDF
Less saturated −25%#B6B0BB

Channel breakdown

R186
G158
B205
Red186 (72.9%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue275.74°
Saturation (HSL)31.97%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G 9E · B CD

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