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#BA08CA

#ba08ca ≈ Dark Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ba08ca is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 3.14% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.92% cyan, 96.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 295.05°, with 92.38% saturation and 41.18% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Orchid (#9932cc), ΔE 5.66.

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Web safe#cc00cc
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Relative luminance0.1488

Complementary

  1. #ba08ca
  2. #18ca08

Split complementary

  1. #ba08ca
  2. #79ca08
  3. #08ca59

Analogous

  1. #5908ca
  2. #ba08ca
  3. #ca0879

Triadic

  1. #ba08ca
  2. #caba08
  3. #08caba

Tetradic

  1. #ba08ca
  2. #ca0818
  3. #18ca08
  4. #08caba

Square

  1. #ba08ca
  2. #ca5908
  3. #18ca08
  4. #0879ca

Monochromatic

  1. #330237
  2. #760580
  3. #ba08ca
  4. #e528f6
  5. #ee72f9

Shades

#ba08ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba08ca
  2. #a707b6
  3. #9506a2
  4. #82068d
  5. #700579
  6. #5d0465
  7. #4a0351
  8. #38023d
  9. #250228
  10. #130114
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba08ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba08ca
  2. #c121cf
  3. #c839d5
  4. #cf52da
  5. #d66bdf
  6. #dd84e5
  7. #e39cea
  8. #eab5ef
  9. #f1cef4
  10. #f8e6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba08ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba08ca
  2. #b414c3
  3. #ae20bb
  4. #a92cb4
  5. #a338ac
  6. #9d44a5
  7. #97509e
  8. #915c96
  9. #8c688f
  10. #867487
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6c6c6c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92559b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0060ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e72c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd4077 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #734bcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #835ac8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bc329f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba08ca {
  color: #ba08ca;
}
Background
.bg-ba08ca {
  background-color: #ba08ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ba08ca {
  border: 2px solid #ba08ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba08ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 8 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 295 92% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba08ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba08ca, #ca0879);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba08ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 8 202 / 0.35);
}

#9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.66 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.27 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 7.69 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.34 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.63 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.14 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.50 #45f735 Inverted #6c6c6c Grayscale 

Dark Orchid
#ba08ca  rgb(186, 8, 202)  hsl(295, 92%, 41%)  Dark Orchid
#18ca08  rgb(24, 202, 8)  hsl(115, 92%, 41%)  Lime Green
#caba08  rgb(202, 186, 8)  hsl(55, 92%, 41%)  Old Gold
#08caba  rgb(8, 202, 186)  hsl(175, 92%, 41%)  Medium Turquoise