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Recognised as Colour

#BAAABE

  • #BAAABE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#BAAABE is a violet with RGB values 186, 170, 190 and HSL 288°, 13%, 71%. 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

#BAAABE#BAAABE
HEX#BAAABE
RGBrgb(186, 170, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6667, 0.7451
RGB percentages72.9%, 66.7%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(288, 13.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288, 10.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK2.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,233,406
CSS custom property--colour: #BAAABE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 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#AFAFAF
Inverted#455541

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8AEBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB0BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BAACB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 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 9.5Dark grey · ΔE 12.6Silver · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Light grey · ΔE 18Rosy brown · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEBEAA
Analogous#B0AABE, #BEAAB8
Triadic#BEBAAA, #AABEBA
Split complementary#B8BEAA, #AABEB0
Tetradic#BEB0AA, #AEBEAA, #AAB8BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E4EA
Lighter +10%#D1C7D4
Darker −10%#A38DA8
Darker −20%#8B7092
Darker −30%#705A75
Darker −40%#544458
More saturated +25%#C597D1
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R186
G170
B190
Red186 (72.9%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue288°
Saturation (HSL)13.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G AA · B BE

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