#baa6e4

Color #baa6e4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.64 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#baa6e4

RGB

rgb(186, 166, 228)

HSL

hsl(259.4, 53.4%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.4, 27.2%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(71.77, 19.55, -28.56)

LCH

lch(71.77, 34.61, 304.39)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0897, 299.08)

HWB

hwb(259.4, 65.1%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d0e4a6

Analogous

#a6b1e4

#baa6e4

#d9a6e4

Triadic

#baa6e4

#e4baa6

#a6e4ba

Split-complementary

#baa6e4

#e4d9a6

#b1e4a6

Tetradic

#baa6e4

#e4a6d0

#d0e4a6

#a6e4ba

Square

#baa6e4

#e4a6b1

#d0e4a6

#a6e4d9

Shades

Color #baa6e4 mixed toward black.

#9374d5

#6c41c5

#502e97

#351f65

#1b0f32

Tints

Color #baa6e4 mixed toward white.

#c6b5e9

#d1c4ed

#ddd3f2

#e8e1f6

#f4f0fb

Tones

Color #baa6e4 mixed toward gray.

#bcabdf

#beb1da

#c0b6d5

#c1bbcf

#c3c0ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2d7 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#b3b4d4 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#b9ccca · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 20.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #baa6e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#baa6e4]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#baa6e4 (#baa6e4) is rgb(186, 166, 228) in RGB.

No, #baa6e4 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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