Recognised as Colour

#BA55D3

#BA55D3
Violet
Dark
Named: Medium orchid

#BA55D3 is the CSS colour violet with RGB values 186, 85, 211 and HSL 288°, 59%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#BA55D3

RGBrgb(186, 85, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.3333, 0.8275

RGB percentages72.9%, 33.3%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(288.1, 58.9%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.1, 59.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK11.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,211,667

CSS custom property--colour: #BA55D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.33:1

Contrast with white3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.33:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#45AA2C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3679D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D84D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BA698Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 0 Orchid · ΔE 16.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4 Violet · ΔE 19.4 Medium purple · ΔE 22.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 23

This is a named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)exact match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usablemediumorchid

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6ED355

Analogous#7B55D3, #D355AD

Triadic#D3BA55, #55D3BA

Split complementary#ADD355, #55D37B

Tetradic#D37B55, #6ED355, #55ADD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FCF7FD

Lighter +30%#EBCFF2

Lighter +20%#DBA6E8

Lighter +10%#CA7EDD

Darker −10%#A632C3

Darker −20%#83289A

Darker −30%#611D72

Darker −40%#3E1349

More saturated +25%#CA3AEE

Less saturated −25%#AA70B8

Channel breakdown

R186

G85

B211

Red186 (72.9%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue288.1°

Saturation (HSL)58.88%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BA · G 55 · B D3

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