Complementary
Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.
Medium orchid
#BA55D3Medium orchid is the hex color #BA55D3, with RGB values 186, 85, 211. It is a CSS color keyword, so browsers render it from the name alone, and its value is fixed by the CSS Color Module.
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#BA55D3rgb(186, 85, 211) · hsl(288, 59%, 58%)
Medium orchid color codes
Every value for #BA55D3, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.
| Channel | Decimal | Share | Hex | Octal | Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 186 | 72.94% | BA | 272 | 10111010 |
| Green | 85 | 33.33% | 55 | 125 | 01010101 |
| Blue | 211 | 82.75% | D3 | 323 | 11010011 |
The nearest web-safe color is #CC66CC, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.
About medium orchid
Named for the flower, and one of three orchid keywords that differ only in saturation and lightness. At 3.9 to 1 on white it is large text only, and at 5.3 on black it is the better bet reversed out.
- Family
- Purple, 10th lightest of 15 purples
- Web-safe
- is the nearest
Shades, tints and tones
Every step is generated from #BA55D3. Click a swatch to copy its hex.
Shades of medium orchid
A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.
Tints of medium orchid
A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.
Tones of medium orchid
A tone is the base color with gray mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.
The medium orchid scale
The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #BA55D3 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.
Color schemes built on medium orchid
Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.
Analogous
Three neighbors on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how color behaves in nature.
Split complementary
The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.
Triadic
Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.
Monochromatic
One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.
Colors close to #BA55D3
Near neighbors, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.
Medium orchid color palettes
Five-color palettes built around #BA55D3, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.
Analogous
Complementary
Triadic
Monochromatic
Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.
Contrast and readability
Whether medium orchid works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.
Medium orchid text on white background
3.94:1 · Large text onlyLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Medium orchid text on black background
5.33:1 · GoodLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Used the other way round, #BA55D3 as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.
Medium orchid reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.
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The purple family
Medium orchid sits in the purple family. Every named purple in the library, with medium orchid first.
| Swatch | Name | Hex | RGB | HSL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| is a CSS keyword is the color on this page | #BA55D3 | 186, 85, 211 | 288, 59%, 58% | |
| Purple is a CSS keyword | #800080 | 128, 0, 128 | 300, 100%, 25% | |
| Lavender is a CSS keyword | #E6E6FA | 230, 230, 250 | 240, 67%, 94% | |
| Mauve | #E0B0FF | 224, 176, 255 | 276, 100%, 85% | |
| Violet is a CSS keyword | #EE82EE | 238, 130, 238 | 300, 76%, 72% | |
| Plum is a CSS keyword | #DDA0DD | 221, 160, 221 | 300, 47%, 75% | |
| Orchid is a CSS keyword | #DA70D6 | 218, 112, 214 | 302, 59%, 65% | |
| Lilac | #C8A2C8 | 200, 162, 200 | 300, 26%, 71% | |
| Amethyst | #9966CC | 153, 102, 204 | 270, 50%, 60% | |
| Eggplant | #614051 | 97, 64, 81 | 329, 20%, 32% | |
| Dark orchid is a CSS keyword | #9932CC | 153, 50, 204 | 280, 61%, 50% | |
| Thistle is a CSS keyword | #D8BFD8 | 216, 191, 216 | 300, 24%, 80% | |
| Rebecca purple is a CSS keyword | #663399 | 102, 51, 153 | 270, 50%, 40% | |
| Dark violet is a CSS keyword | #9400D3 | 148, 0, 211 | 282, 100%, 41% | |
| Medium purple is a CSS keyword | #9370DB | 147, 112, 219 | 260, 60%, 65% |