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#BA4DEE

#ba4dee ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ba4dee is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 30.2% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.85% cyan, 67.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 280.62°, with 82.56% saturation and 61.76% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.29.

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Relative luminance0.2192

Complementary

  1. #ba4dee
  2. #81ee4d

Split complementary

  1. #ba4dee
  2. #d1ee4d
  3. #4dee69

Analogous

  1. #694dee
  2. #ba4dee
  3. #ee4dd1

Triadic

  1. #ba4dee
  2. #eeba4d
  3. #4deeba

Tetradic

  1. #ba4dee
  2. #ee4d81
  3. #81ee4d
  4. #4deeba

Square

  1. #ba4dee
  2. #ee694d
  3. #81ee4d
  4. #4dd1ee

Monochromatic

  1. #690e94
  2. #9a15da
  3. #ba4dee
  4. #d593f5
  5. #f0d9fb

Shades

#ba4dee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba4dee
  2. #a745d6
  3. #953ebe
  4. #8236a7
  5. #702e8f
  6. #5d2777
  7. #4a1f5f
  8. #381747
  9. #250f30
  10. #130818
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba4dee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba4dee
  2. #c15ff0
  3. #c871f1
  4. #cf82f3
  5. #d694f5
  6. #dda6f7
  7. #e3b8f8
  8. #eacafa
  9. #f1dbfc
  10. #f8edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba4dee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba4dee
  2. #b452e3
  3. #ae57d8
  4. #a95ccd
  5. #a361c2
  6. #9d67b7
  7. #976cac
  8. #9171a1
  9. #8c7696
  10. #867b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b70b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f83ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b46e98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #776cf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8371ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b763c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba4dee {
  color: #ba4dee;
}
Background
.bg-ba4dee {
  background-color: #ba4dee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba4dee {
  border: 2px solid #ba4dee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba4dee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 77 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba4dee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba4dee, #ee4dd1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba4dee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 77 238 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.29 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.19 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.92 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.80 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.04 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.04 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.50 #45b211 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ba4dee  rgb(186, 77, 238)  hsl(281, 83%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#81ee4d  rgb(129, 238, 77)  hsl(101, 83%, 62%)  Lawn Green
#eeba4d  rgb(238, 186, 77)  hsl(41, 83%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#4deeba  rgb(77, 238, 186)  hsl(161, 83%, 62%)  Aquamarine