CSS named color

Medium Orchid #BA55D3

The CSS keyword mediumorchid is #BA55D3. It is a vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.626, chroma 0.202 and hue 319.2°.

Relative luminance: 0.2164
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.626 · 0.202 · 319.2
Best text: Black 5.32:1
Hue family: Violet

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#BA55D3 color codes

HEX: #BA55D3
RGB: rgb(186, 85, 211)
HSL: hsl(288, 59%, 58%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.626 0.202 319.2)
OKLab: oklab(0.626 0.153 -0.132)
CIELAB (D65): L* 53.64, a* 59.06, b* -47.40
XYZ (D65): X 35.25, Y 21.64, Z 63.94
CMYK (naive): cmyk(12%, 60%, 0%, 17%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #BA55D3 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 5.32:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.94:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

5.32:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +37
White text on it

3.94:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −71
As text on black

5.32:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −35
As text on white

3.94:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +66

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#AF4AC7 4.53:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.63 to 0.59 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#BA55D3 5.32:1

It already reaches 5.32:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #BA55D3 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #BA55D3

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #BA55D3 sits at step 500.

50#FCF1FF

White
1.09
Black
19.16
100#F9E2FF

White
1.21
Black
17.35
200#F3C4FF

White
1.48
Black
14.15
300#EA99FF

White
2.00
Black
10.49
400#D572EE

White
2.81
Black
7.47
500This color#BA55D3

White
3.94
Black
5.32
600#9E39B6

White
5.65
Black
3.71
700#841E9B

White
7.95
Black
2.64
800#650079

White
11.47
Black
1.82
900#430051

White
15.46
Black
1.35
950#270031

White
18.57
Black
1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #BA55D3 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.302; #BA55D3 uses 67% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.324 there: 8% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.202
sRGB edge: 0.302
Display P3 edge: 0.324
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.362
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 558 nm
Excitation purity: 53%
Chromaticity: x 0.2918, y 0.1791

This color#BA55D3
Most vivid in sRGB#CF00F6
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.626 0.324 319.2)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ba55d3;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.7602 0 0.9594); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #BA55D3

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#DDAAE9
OKLab50%#DFADEB
OKLCH50%#DFADEB

Black #000000

sRGB50%#5D2B6A
OKLab50%#461C51
OKLCH50%#461C51

Its complement #38A200

sRGB50%#797C6A
OKLab50%#888789
OKLCH50%#D56200

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ba55d3, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ba55d3 50%, white);

In use

#BA55D3 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.32:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.94:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.94:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.94:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AF4AC7 4.53:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.32:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.75:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:14.75:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.75:1 Passes

Color vision

How #BA55D3 looks with color blindness

Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 28.7; tritanopia changes it least, 17.0.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#3679D7 ΔE2000 28.7

Distinct

Reads as soft blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#5D84D0 ΔE2000 26.1

Distinct

Reads as soft blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#BA698C ΔE2000 17.0

Distinct

Reads as soft pink
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#808080 ΔE2000 28.1

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #38A200. Their lightness contrast is only 1.18:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#BA55D3 · #38A200	87.6	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#3679D7 · #A79200	58.6	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#5D84D0 · #9B8A21	52.6	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#BA698C · #299C89	49.7	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#808080 · #8D8D8D	4.7	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #BA55D3

Its complement is #38A200, a vivid green.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#BA55D3
Complement#38A200

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#896AF7
Base#BA55D3
+30°#DA459A

Analogous

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Base#BA55D3
+120°#B17D00
+240°#009BA0

Triadic

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Base#BA55D3
+150°#8F8E00
+210°#009F7B

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-mediumorchid: #ba55d3;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        mediumorchid: '#ba55d3',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-mediumorchid: oklch(0.626 0.202 319.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "mediumorchid": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.7294, 0.3333, 0.8275],
        "hex": "#ba55d3"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color mediumorchid"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let mediumorchid = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.729, green: 0.333, blue: 0.827, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Mediumorchid = Color(0xFFBA55D3)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Medium Orchid #BA55D3

#BA55D3 color codes

Contrast: is #BA55D3 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #BA55D3 live

Shades and tints of #BA55D3

How vivid #BA55D3 can get

Mixing #BA55D3

#BA55D3 in an interface

How #BA55D3 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #BA55D3

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #BA55D3 in the tools