#ba55b5

Color #ba55b5

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 10.96 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ba55b5

RGB

rgb(186, 85, 181)

HSL

hsl(303, 42.3%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(303, 54.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 2.7%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(52.15, 53.52, -32.52)

LCH

lch(52.15, 62.63, 328.72)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.175, 329.39)

HWB

hwb(303, 33.3%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55ba5a

Analogous

#8c55ba

#ba55b5

#ba5582

Triadic

#ba55b5

#b5ba55

#55b5ba

Split-complementary

#ba55b5

#82ba55

#55ba8c

Tetradic

#ba55b5

#ba5a55

#55ba5a

#55b5ba

Square

#ba55b5

#ba8c55

#55ba5a

#5582ba

Shades

Color #ba55b5 mixed toward black.

#a1419c

#80347d

#60275d

#401a3e

#200d1f

Tints

Color #ba55b5 mixed toward white.

#c571c1

#d18ece

#dcaada

#e8c6e6

#f3e3f3

Tones

Color #ba55b5 mixed toward gray.

#b25dad

#a966a6

#a16e9e

#987797

#907f8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998a4 · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#9ea4a0 · ΔE 29.6

Tritanopia

#b79592 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba55b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba55b5]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ba55b5 (#ba55b5) is rgb(186, 85, 181) in RGB.

No, #ba55b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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