#ba53ef

Color #ba53ef

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.61 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ba53ef

RGB

rgb(186, 83, 239)

HSL

hsl(279.6, 83%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.6, 65.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.2%, 65.3%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(54.93, 65.57, -61.15)

LCH

lch(54.93, 89.66, 317)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.232, 311.99)

HWB

hwb(279.6, 32.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#88ef53

Analogous

#6c53ef

#ba53ef

#ef53d6

Triadic

#ba53ef

#efba53

#53efba

Split-complementary

#ba53ef

#d6ef53

#53ef6c

Tetradic

#ba53ef

#ef5388

#88ef53

#53efba

Square

#ba53ef

#ef6c53

#88ef53

#53d6ef

Shades

Color #ba53ef mixed toward black.

#a622ea

#8812c4

#660e93

#440962

#220531

Tints

Color #ba53ef mixed toward white.

#c570f2

#d18cf4

#dca9f7

#e8c6fa

#f3e2fc

Tones

Color #ba53ef mixed toward gray.

#b660e2

#b26dd5

#ad7ac8

#a987bb

#a594ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898d6 · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#9da4d0 · ΔE 23.6

Tritanopia

#b7c0bb · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 29.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ba53ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba53ef]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ba53ef (#ba53ef) is rgb(186, 83, 239) in RGB.

No, #ba53ef is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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