#ba8fd5

Color #ba8fd5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ba8fd5

RGB

rgb(186, 143, 213)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 45.5%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 32.9%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(65.66, 29.09, -29.7)

LCH

lch(65.66, 41.57, 314.41)

OKLCH

oklch(71.6%, 0.1094, 311.85)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 56.1%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aad58f

Analogous

#978fd5

#ba8fd5

#d58fcd

Triadic

#ba8fd5

#d5ba8f

#8fd5ba

Split-complementary

#ba8fd5

#cdd58f

#8fd597

Tetradic

#ba8fd5

#d58faa

#aad58f

#8fd5ba

Square

#ba8fd5

#d5978f

#aad58f

#8fcdd5

Shades

Color #ba8fd5 mixed toward black.

#9f64c5

#8341ad

#623181

#422056

#21102b

Tints

Color #ba8fd5 mixed toward white.

#c6a2dc

#d1b4e3

#ddc7ea

#e8daf1

#f4ecf8

Tones

Color #ba8fd5 mixed toward gray.

#b995cf

#b79bc9

#b6a0c4

#b5a6be

#b3acb8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9c7 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#acafc3 · ΔE 16.2

Tritanopia

#b8bbb8 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 22.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ba8fd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba8fd5]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ba8fd5 (#ba8fd5) is rgb(186, 143, 213) in RGB.

No, #ba8fd5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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