Home
Colors
Purples
Medium Orchid Color

#ba55d3

Medium Orchid Color

Purples

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 7.3

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#ba55d3

RGB

rgb(186, 85, 211)

HSL

hsl(288.1, 58.9%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.1, 59.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(53.64, 59.06, -47.4)

LCH

lch(53.64, 75.73, 321.25)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.2024, 319.23)

HWB

hwb(288.1, 33.3%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6ed355

Analogous

#7b55d3

#ba55d3

#d355ad

Triadic

#ba55d3

#d3ba55

#55d3ba

Split-complementary

#ba55d3

#add355

#55d37b

Tetradic

#ba55d3

#d3556e

#6ed355

#55d3ba

Square

#ba55d3

#d37b55

#6ed355

#55add3

Shades

Medium Orchid Color mixed toward black.

#a733c4

#86299d

#641e76

#43144e

#210a27

Tints

Medium Orchid Color mixed toward white.

#c571da

#d18ee2

#dcaae9

#e8c6f0

#f3e3f8

Tones

Medium Orchid Color mixed toward gray.

#b45fc8

#ad6abe

#a774b3

#a17fa9

#9a899e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9998be · ΔE 21.7

Deuteranopia

#9ea4b9 · ΔE 25.1

Tritanopia

#b7aba7 · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 28.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ba55d3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba55d3]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

Medium Orchid (#ba55d3) is rgb(186, 85, 211) in RGB.

No, #ba55d3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #ba55d3, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast