Recognised as Colour

#BAAAFF

#BAAAFF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#BAAAFF is a blue with RGB values 186, 170, 255 and HSL 251°, 100%, 83%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BAAAFF#BAAAFF

HEX#BAAAFF

RGBrgb(186, 170, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6667, 1

RGB percentages72.9%, 66.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(251.3, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.3, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK27.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,233,471

CSS custom property--colour: #BAAAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.28:1

Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#455500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93B7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#95B4FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Tritanopia#ABB9C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.7 Medium purple · ΔE 25.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.6 Thistle · ΔE 33.1 Violet · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFFFAA

Analogous#AAC5FF, #E4AAFF

Triadic#FFBAAA, #AAFFBA

Split complementary#FFE4AA, #C4FFAA

Tetradic#FFAAC5, #EFFFAA, #AAFFE4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3DDFF

Darker −10%#9177FF

Darker −20%#6744FF

Darker −30%#3E11FF

Darker −40%#2A00DD

More saturated +25%#BAAAFF

Less saturated −25%#C1B5F4

Channel breakdown

R186

G170

B255

Red186 (72.9%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue251.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G AA · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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