#baa9c6

Color #baa9c6

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 9.37 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#baa9c6

RGB

rgb(186, 169, 198)

HSL

hsl(275.2, 20.3%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.2, 14.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(71.48, 11.55, -12.54)

LCH

lch(71.48, 17.05, 312.65)

OKLCH

oklch(75.9%, 0.0449, 311.39)

HWB

hwb(275.2, 66.3%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5c6a9

Analogous

#aca9c6

#baa9c6

#c6a9c4

Triadic

#baa9c6

#c6baa9

#a9c6ba

Split-complementary

#baa9c6

#c4c6a9

#a9c6ac

Tetradic

#baa9c6

#c6a9b5

#b5c6a9

#a9c6ba

Square

#baa9c6

#c6aca9

#b5c6a9

#a9c4c6

Shades

Color #baa9c6 mixed toward black.

#9d84ae

#7f6293

#5f496e

#3f314a

#201825

Tints

Color #baa9c6 mixed toward white.

#c6b7d0

#d1c6d9

#ddd4e3

#e8e2ec

#f4f1f6

Tones

Color #baa9c6 mixed toward gray.

#baacc4

#b9aec1

#b9b0bf

#b8b3bc

#b8b5ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b3c0 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#b4b5be · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#b9bab9 · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 14.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #baa9c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#baa9c6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#baa9c6 (#baa9c6) is rgb(186, 169, 198) in RGB.

No, #baa9c6 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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