#baaee9

Color #baaee9

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 17.36 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#baaee9

RGB

rgb(186, 174, 233)

HSL

hsl(252.2, 57.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.2, 25.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(73.93, 16.24, -27.96)

LCH

lch(73.93, 32.33, 300.15)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0839, 293.69)

HWB

hwb(252.2, 68.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dde9ae

Analogous

#aebfe9

#baaee9

#d7aee9

Triadic

#baaee9

#e9baae

#aee9ba

Split-complementary

#baaee9

#e9d7ae

#bfe9ae

Tetradic

#baaee9

#e9aedd

#dde9ae

#aee9ba

Square

#baaee9

#e9aebf

#dde9ae

#aee9d7

Shades

Color #baaee9 mixed toward black.

#8d79db

#5f43cc

#432ba0

#2d1d6b

#160e35

Tints

Color #baaee9 mixed toward white.

#c5bbed

#d1c9f0

#dcd6f4

#e8e4f8

#f3f1fb

Tones

Color #baaee9 mixed toward gray.

#bdb3e4

#c0b8df

#c3bdda

#c6c2d5

#c9c7d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b5dd · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#b6b7d9 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#b9d2d0 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #baaee9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#baaee9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#baaee9 (#baaee9) is rgb(186, 174, 233) in RGB.

No, #baaee9 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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