#ba6ae2

Color #ba6ae2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.64 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ba6ae2

RGB

rgb(186, 106, 226)

HSL

hsl(280, 67.4%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 53.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.7%, 53.1%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(58.26, 51.85, -48.54)

LCH

lch(58.26, 71.03, 316.89)

OKLCH

oklch(66.2%, 0.1861, 313.17)

HWB

hwb(280, 41.6%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92e26a

Analogous

#7e6ae2

#ba6ae2

#e26ace

Triadic

#ba6ae2

#e2ba6a

#6ae2ba

Split-complementary

#ba6ae2

#cee26a

#6ae27e

Tetradic

#ba6ae2

#e26a92

#92e26a

#6ae2ba

Square

#ba6ae2

#e27e6a

#92e26a

#6acee2

Shades

Color #ba6ae2 mixed toward black.

#a53cd9

#8824b9

#661b8b

#44125d

#22092e

Tints

Color #ba6ae2 mixed toward white.

#c583e7

#d19cec

#dcb5f0

#e8cdf5

#f3e6fa

Tones

Color #ba6ae2 mixed toward gray.

#b774d8

#b37ece

#b088c4

#ad92ba

#a99cb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9dcd · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#a2a7c8 · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#b7bab6 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba6ae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba6ae2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ba6ae2 (#ba6ae2) is rgb(186, 106, 226) in RGB.

No, #ba6ae2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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