#ba9cd5

Color #ba9cd5

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 11.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ba9cd5

RGB

rgb(186, 156, 213)

HSL

hsl(271.6, 40.4%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(271.6, 26.8%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(68.77, 21.85, -24.93)

LCH

lch(68.77, 33.15, 311.23)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0868, 308.31)

HWB

hwb(271.6, 61.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7d59c

Analogous

#9e9cd5

#ba9cd5

#d59cd4

Triadic

#ba9cd5

#d5ba9c

#9cd5ba

Split-complementary

#ba9cd5

#d4d59c

#9cd59e

Tetradic

#ba9cd5

#d59cb7

#b7d59c

#9cd5ba

Square

#ba9cd5

#d59e9c

#b7d59c

#9cd4d5

Shades

Color #ba9cd5 mixed toward black.

#9c71c3

#7e49ad

#5e3782

#3f2556

#1f122b

Tints

Color #ba9cd5 mixed toward white.

#c6addc

#d1bde3

#ddceea

#e8def1

#f4eff8

Tones

Color #ba9cd5 mixed toward gray.

#baa1d0

#baa6cc

#b9aac7

#b9afc2

#b9b4bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaec9 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#b0b2c6 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#b9bfbd · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba9cd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba9cd5]

Related colors

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Purple #9370db

Frequently asked questions

#ba9cd5 (#ba9cd5) is rgb(186, 156, 213) in RGB.

No, #ba9cd5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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