#ba6ceb

Color #ba6ceb

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 9.64 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ba6ceb

RGB

rgb(186, 108, 235)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 76%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 54%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 54%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(59.13, 52.76, -52.2)

LCH

lch(59.13, 74.22, 315.31)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.1926, 310.58)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 42.4%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9deb6c

Analogous

#7b6ceb

#ba6ceb

#eb6cdc

Triadic

#ba6ceb

#ebba6c

#6cebba

Split-complementary

#ba6ceb

#dceb6c

#6ceb7b

Tetradic

#ba6ceb

#eb6c9d

#9deb6c

#6cebba

Square

#ba6ceb

#eb7b6c

#9deb6c

#6cdceb

Shades

Color #ba6ceb mixed toward black.

#a33ae4

#861bc9

#651597

#430e65

#220732

Tints

Color #ba6ceb mixed toward white.

#c685ee

#d19df2

#ddb6f5

#e8cef8

#f4e7fc

Tones

Color #ba6ceb mixed toward gray.

#b877e0

#b581d6

#b38ccb

#b096c1

#aea1b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ed5 · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#a2a7cf · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#b7c1bd · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba6ceb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba6ceb]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ba6ceb (#ba6ceb) is rgb(186, 108, 235) in RGB.

No, #ba6ceb 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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