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Recognised as Colour

#BAAFCD

  • #BAAFCD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#BAAFCD is a violet with RGB values 186, 175, 205 and HSL 262°, 23%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#BAAFCD#BAAFCD
HEX#BAAFCD
RGBrgb(186, 175, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6863, 0.8039
RGB percentages72.9%, 68.6%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(262, 23.1%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262, 14.6%, 80.4%)
CMYK9.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,234,701
CSS custom property--colour: #BAAFCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45507WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182 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#B4B4B4
Inverted#455032

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB4CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB4CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B7B3B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 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

Thistle · ΔE 9Light steelblue · ΔE 12.2Dark grey · ΔE 17.3Silver · ΔE 17.4Lavender · ΔE 20Light grey · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2CDAF
Analogous#AFB3CD, #C9AFCD
Triadic#CDBAAF, #AFCDBA
Split complementary#CDC9AF, #B3CDAF
Tetradic#CDAFB3, #C2CDAF, #AFCDC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0EEF4
Lighter +10%#D5CEE1
Darker −10%#9F90B9
Darker −20%#8470A6
Darker −30%#6B578C
Darker −40%#53446C
More saturated +25%#B69FDD
Less saturated −25%#BEBEBE

Channel breakdown

R186
G175
B205
Red186 (72.9%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue262°
Saturation (HSL)23.08%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR BA · G AF · B CD

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