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Recognised as Colour

#BAA7D5

  • #BAA7D5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#BAA7D5 is a violet with RGB values 186, 167, 213 and HSL 265°, 35%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#BAA7D5#BAA7D5
HEX#BAA7D5
RGBrgb(186, 167, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6549, 0.8353
RGB percentages72.9%, 65.5%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(264.8, 35.4%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.8, 21.6%, 83.5%)
CMYK12.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,232,661
CSS custom property--colour: #BAA7D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.58:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#45582A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FAFD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2AFD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B6ADB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 14.6Plum · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Light slate grey · ΔE 25.7Lavender · ΔE 26.1Dark grey · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 14.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2D5A7
Analogous#A7ABD5, #D1A7D5
Triadic#D5BAA7, #A7D5BA
Split complementary#D5D1A7, #ABD5A7
Tetradic#D5A7AB, #C2D5A7, #A7D5D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0ECF6
Lighter +10%#D5CAE5
Darker −10%#9F84C5
Darker −20%#8462B4
Darker −30%#6B499A
Darker −40%#533977
More saturated +25%#B797E5
Less saturated −25%#BDB7C5

Channel breakdown

R186
G167
B213
Red186 (72.9%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue264.78°
Saturation (HSL)35.38%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G A7 · B D5

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