#ba42f4

Color #ba42f4

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 13.43 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ba42f4

RGB

rgb(186, 66, 244)

HSL

hsl(280.4, 89%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.4, 73%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.8%, 73%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(52.8, 73.45, -67.36)

LCH

lch(52.8, 99.66, 317.48)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.2564, 312.01)

HWB

hwb(280.4, 25.9%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7cf442

Analogous

#6142f4

#ba42f4

#f442d5

Triadic

#ba42f4

#f4ba42

#42f4ba

Split-complementary

#ba42f4

#d5f442

#42f461

Tetradic

#ba42f4

#f4427c

#7cf442

#42f4ba

Square

#ba42f4

#f46142

#7cf442

#42d5f4

Shades

Color #ba42f4 mixed toward black.

#a811f1

#870bc3

#650993

#440662

#220331

Tints

Color #ba42f4 mixed toward white.

#c562f6

#d181f8

#dca1fa

#e8c0fb

#f3e0fd

Tones

Color #ba42f4 mixed toward gray.

#b551e5

#b060d6

#aa6fc8

#a57db9

#a08caa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594da · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#9ba2d3 · ΔE 25.3

Tritanopia

#b6c2bc · ΔE 37.9

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 30.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba42f4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba42f4]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ba42f4 (#ba42f4) is rgb(186, 66, 244) in RGB.

No, #ba42f4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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