#ba8ad2

Color #ba8ad2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 12.12 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ba8ad2

RGB

rgb(186, 138, 210)

HSL

hsl(280, 44.4%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 34.3%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(64.38, 31.24, -30.01)

LCH

lch(64.38, 43.32, 316.15)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1146, 314.01)

HWB

hwb(280, 54.1%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2d28a

Analogous

#968ad2

#ba8ad2

#d28ac6

Triadic

#ba8ad2

#d2ba8a

#8ad2ba

Split-complementary

#ba8ad2

#c6d28a

#8ad296

Tetradic

#ba8ad2

#d28aa2

#a2d28a

#8ad2ba

Square

#ba8ad2

#d2968a

#a2d28a

#8ac6d2

Shades

Color #ba8ad2 mixed toward black.

#a160c2

#8540a7

#64307e

#432054

#21102a

Tints

Color #ba8ad2 mixed toward white.

#c59dd9

#d1b1e1

#dcc4e8

#e8d8f0

#f3ebf7

Tones

Color #ba8ad2 mixed toward gray.

#b890cc

#b696c6

#b49cc0

#b2a2ba

#b0a8b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7c4 · ΔE 14.1

Deuteranopia

#aaadc0 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#b8b7b4 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba8ad2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba8ad2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ba8ad2 (#ba8ad2) is rgb(186, 138, 210) in RGB.

No, #ba8ad2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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