What is hex #BAAAF4 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 73% red, 67% green and 96% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (186,170,244).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (24%, 30%, 0%, 4%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #BAAAF4 features a hue of 253°, 30% saturation, and a brightness value of 96%.

Hex #BAAAF4 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #BAAAF4
RGB Values (186,170,244)
CMYK Values (24%, 30%, 0%, 4%)
HSV/HSB Values (253°, 30%, 96%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC99FF
Inverse Color
#45550B
Closest Pantone®
264 C
Closest RAL
RAL 7035 [Light grey]
Complementary Color
#E4F4AA

#BAAAF4 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#C8C8C8
Lightness (Desaturation)
#CFCFCF
Weighted (BT601)
#B7B7B7
Luma (BT709)
#B3B3B3

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #BAAAF4 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #BAAAF4

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BAAAF4.

Contrast Ratio: 2.07:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #BAAAF4

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BAAAF4.

Contrast Ratio: 10.14:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #BAAAF4 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #BAAAF4 is #E4F4AA. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #BAAAF4 you will find #E4F4AA. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#BAAAF4 #E4F4AA

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #BAAAF4 is composed with colors #AABFF4 and #DFAAF4. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BAAAF4 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#AABFF4 #BAAAF4 #DFAAF4

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #BAAAF4 is composed with colors #BFF4AA and #F4DFAA. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#BAAAF4 #BFF4AA #F4DFAA

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #BAAAF4 is composed with colors #AAF4BA and #F4BAAA. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BAAAF4 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#BAAAF4 #AAF4BA #F4BAAA

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #BAAAF4 is composed with colors #F4BAAA, #E4F4AA and #AAE4F4 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#BAAAF4 #F4BAAA #E4F4AA #AAE4F4

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #BAAAF4 is composed with colors #F4AABF, #E4F4AA and #AAF4DF To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#BAAAF4 #F4AABF #E4F4AA #AAF4DF

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #BAAAF4

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #BAAAF4.

#BAAAF4 #C8BCF6 #D7CEF8 #E5E0FB #F4F2FD #FFFFFF

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#BAAAF4 #BCAEEF #BFB3EA #C2B8E5 #C4BCE1 #C7C1DC #CAC6D7 #CCCAD3

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#BAAAF4 #AB97F1 #9C85EF #8E73EC #7F61EA #704FE8 #623DE5 #532BE3

Hex #BAAAF4 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #BAAAF4
Java new Color(186,170,244);
Python Color(#BAAAF4)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 186,170,244);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.73, green: 0.67, blue: 0.96, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(186, 170, 244)