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#BA42E4

#ba42e4 ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ba42e4 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 25.88% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.42% cyan, 71.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 284.44°, with 75% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.14.

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Relative luminance0.1994

Complementary

  1. #ba42e4
  2. #6ce442

Split complementary

  1. #ba42e4
  2. #bde442
  3. #42e469

Analogous

  1. #6942e4
  2. #ba42e4
  3. #e442bd

Triadic

  1. #ba42e4
  2. #e4ba42
  3. #42e4ba

Tetradic

  1. #ba42e4
  2. #e4426c
  3. #6ce442
  4. #42e4ba

Square

  1. #ba42e4
  2. #e46942
  3. #6ce442
  4. #42bde4

Monochromatic

  1. #60127b
  2. #941bbe
  3. #ba42e4
  4. #d285ee
  5. #ebc8f7

Shades

#ba42e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba42e4
  2. #a73bcd
  3. #9535b6
  4. #822ea0
  5. #702889
  6. #5d2172
  7. #4a1a5b
  8. #381444
  9. #250d2e
  10. #130717
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba42e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba42e4
  2. #c155e7
  3. #c868e9
  4. #cf7bec
  5. #d68eef
  6. #dda1f2
  7. #e3b3f4
  8. #eac6f7
  9. #f1d9fa
  10. #f8ecfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba42e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba42e4
  2. #b448da
  3. #ae4ed0
  4. #a955c6
  5. #a35bbc
  6. #9d61b2
  7. #9767a8
  8. #916d9e
  9. #8c7494
  10. #867a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9869af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f7fe0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7648f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7664e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #836be2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b858b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba42e4 {
  color: #ba42e4;
}
Background
.bg-ba42e4 {
  background-color: #ba42e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba42e4 {
  border: 2px solid #ba42e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba42e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 66 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 75% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba42e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba42e4, #e442bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba42e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 66 228 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.14 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.01 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.41 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.54 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.15 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.20 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.59 #45bd1b Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ba42e4  rgb(186, 66, 228)  hsl(284, 75%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#6ce442  rgb(108, 228, 66)  hsl(104, 75%, 58%)  Malachite
#e4ba42  rgb(228, 186, 66)  hsl(44, 75%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#42e4ba  rgb(66, 228, 186)  hsl(164, 75%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine