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#BA4AEA

#ba4aea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ba4aea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 29.02% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.51% cyan, 68.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 282°, with 79.21% saturation and 60.39% 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 5.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.95.

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Relative luminance0.2128

Complementary

  1. #ba4aea
  2. #7aea4a

Split complementary

  1. #ba4aea
  2. #caea4a
  3. #4aea6a

Analogous

  1. #6a4aea
  2. #ba4aea
  3. #ea4aca

Triadic

  1. #ba4aea
  2. #eaba4a
  3. #4aeaba

Tetradic

  1. #ba4aea
  2. #ea4a7a
  3. #7aea4a
  4. #4aeaba

Square

  1. #ba4aea
  2. #ea6a4a
  3. #7aea4a
  4. #4acaea

Monochromatic

  1. #66108b
  2. #9818cf
  3. #ba4aea
  4. #d48ff2
  5. #eed3fa

Shades

#ba4aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba4aea
  2. #a743d3
  3. #953bbb
  4. #8234a4
  5. #702c8c
  6. #5d2575
  7. #4a1e5e
  8. #381646
  9. #250f2f
  10. #130717
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba4aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba4aea
  2. #c15cec
  3. #c86eee
  4. #cf80f0
  5. #d692f2
  6. #dda5f5
  7. #e3b7f7
  8. #eac9f9
  9. #f1dbfb
  10. #f8edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba4aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba4aea
  2. #b44fdf
  3. #ae55d5
  4. #a95aca
  5. #a360c0
  6. #9d65b5
  7. #976aaa
  8. #9170a0
  9. #8c7595
  10. #867b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a6eb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4082e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b56b95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7769ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8370e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b75fbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba4aea {
  color: #ba4aea;
}
Background
.bg-ba4aea {
  background-color: #ba4aea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba4aea {
  border: 2px solid #ba4aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba4aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 74 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba4aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba4aea, #ea4aca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba4aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 74 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.95 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.81 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.98 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.82 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.10 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.14 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.14 #45b515 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ba4aea  rgb(186, 74, 234)  hsl(282, 79%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#7aea4a  rgb(122, 234, 74)  hsl(102, 79%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#eaba4a  rgb(234, 186, 74)  hsl(42, 79%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#4aeaba  rgb(74, 234, 186)  hsl(162, 79%, 60%)  Aquamarine