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#BA9DFD

#ba9dfd ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ba9dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 61.57% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.48% cyan, 37.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 258.13°, with 96% saturation and 80.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.59.

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Relative luminance0.4164

Complementary

  1. #ba9dfd
  2. #e0fd9d

Split complementary

  1. #ba9dfd
  2. #fdea9d
  3. #b0fd9d

Analogous

  1. #9db0fd
  2. #ba9dfd
  3. #ea9dfd

Triadic

  1. #ba9dfd
  2. #fdba9d
  3. #9dfdba

Tetradic

  1. #ba9dfd
  2. #fd9de0
  3. #e0fd9d
  4. #9dfdba

Square

  1. #ba9dfd
  2. #fd9db0
  3. #e0fd9d
  4. #9dfdea

Monochromatic

  1. #5007fa
  2. #8552fb
  3. #ba9dfd
  4. #efe8ff
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#ba9dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba9dfd
  2. #a78de4
  3. #957eca
  4. #826eb1
  5. #705e98
  6. #5d4f7f
  7. #4a3f65
  8. #382f4c
  9. #251f33
  10. #131019
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba9dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba9dfd
  2. #c1a7fd
  3. #c8b1fd
  4. #cfbafe
  5. #d6c4fe
  6. #ddcefe
  7. #e3d8fe
  8. #eae2fe
  9. #f1ebff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba9dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba9dfd
  2. #b49af1
  3. #ae97e4
  4. #a994d8
  5. #a391cb
  6. #9d8fbf
  7. #978cb2
  8. #9189a6
  9. #8c8699
  10. #86838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a7d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88acfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acadc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fa6fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2a7dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba9dfd {
  color: #ba9dfd;
}
Background
.bg-ba9dfd {
  background-color: #ba9dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba9dfd {
  border: 2px solid #ba9dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba9dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 157 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 96% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba9dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba9dfd, #ea9dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba9dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 157 253 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.59 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.02 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.26 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.40 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.08 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.21 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.83 #456202 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Mauve
#ba9dfd  rgb(186, 157, 253)  hsl(258, 96%, 80%)  Mauve
#e0fd9d  rgb(224, 253, 157)  hsl(78, 96%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#fdba9d  rgb(253, 186, 157)  hsl(18, 96%, 80%)  Zinnwaldite
#9dfdba  rgb(157, 253, 186)  hsl(138, 96%, 80%)  Pale Green