#ba68e2

Color #ba68e2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.71 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#ba68e2

RGB

rgb(186, 104, 226)

HSL

hsl(280.3, 67.8%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.3, 54%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.7%, 54%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(57.88, 52.87, -49.16)

LCH

lch(57.88, 72.19, 317.08)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.1892, 313.41)

HWB

hwb(280.3, 40.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90e268

Analogous

#7d68e2

#ba68e2

#e268cd

Triadic

#ba68e2

#e2ba68

#68e2ba

Split-complementary

#ba68e2

#cde268

#68e27d

Tetradic

#ba68e2

#e26890

#90e268

#68e2ba

Square

#ba68e2

#e27d68

#90e268

#68cde2

Shades

Color #ba68e2 mixed toward black.

#a53ad9

#8823b9

#661b8a

#44125c

#22092e

Tints

Color #ba68e2 mixed toward white.

#c581e7

#d19aec

#dcb3f1

#e8cdf5

#f3e6fa

Tones

Color #ba68e2 mixed toward gray.

#b672d8

#b37cce

#af86c4

#ac91b9

#a89baf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9dcd · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#a1a7c7 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#b7bab6 · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 27.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba68e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba68e2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ba68e2 (#ba68e2) is rgb(186, 104, 226) in RGB.

No, #ba68e2 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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