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Recognised as Colour

#BAABEA

  • #BAABEA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#BAABEA is a blue with RGB values 186, 171, 234 and HSL 254°, 60%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#BAABEA#BAABEA
HEX#BAABEA
RGBrgb(186, 171, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6706, 0.9176
RGB percentages72.9%, 67.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(254.3, 60%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.3, 26.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK20.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,233,706
CSS custom property--colour: #BAABEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.1:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#455415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DB4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB3E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B1B5C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.3Thistle · ΔE 22Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.4Light steelblue · ΔE 24.7Light skyblue · ΔE 29.7Steel blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBEAAB
Analogous#ABBCEA, #D9ABEA
Triadic#EABAAB, #ABEABA
Split complementary#EAD9AB, #BCEAAB
Tetradic#EAABBC, #DBEAAB, #ABEAD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFE
Lighter +10%#DCD4F4
Darker −10%#9882E0
Darker −20%#7759D6
Darker −30%#5632CA
Darker −40%#4528A1
More saturated +25%#B39EF7
Less saturated −25%#C1B8DD

Channel breakdown

R186
G171
B234
Red186 (72.9%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue254.29°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G AB · B EA

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