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#BA59EA

#ba59ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ba59ea is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.51% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 280.14°, with 77.54% saturation and 63.33% 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 5.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.76.

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Relative luminance0.2352

Complementary

  1. #ba59ea
  2. #89ea59

Split complementary

  1. #ba59ea
  2. #d1ea59
  3. #59ea71

Analogous

  1. #7159ea
  2. #ba59ea
  3. #ea59d1

Triadic

  1. #ba59ea
  2. #eaba59
  3. #59eaba

Tetradic

  1. #ba59ea
  2. #ea5989
  3. #89ea59
  4. #59eaba

Square

  1. #ba59ea
  2. #ea7159
  3. #89ea59
  4. #59d1ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6b1397
  2. #9c1cdb
  3. #ba59ea
  4. #d69df3
  5. #f2e1fb

Shades

#ba59ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba59ea
  2. #a750d3
  3. #9547bb
  4. #823ea4
  5. #70358c
  6. #5d2d75
  7. #4a245e
  8. #381b46
  9. #25122f
  10. #130917
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba59ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba59ea
  2. #c16aec
  3. #c87aee
  4. #cf8bf0
  5. #d69bf2
  6. #ddacf5
  7. #e3bdf7
  8. #eacdf9
  9. #f1defb
  10. #f8eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba59ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba59ea
  2. #b45ddf
  3. #ae61d5
  4. #a965ca
  5. #a369c0
  6. #9d6db5
  7. #9770aa
  8. #9174a0
  9. #8c7895
  10. #867c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d76b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1c80ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4f87e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5749a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c72ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8778e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b76abf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba59ea {
  color: #ba59ea;
}
Background
.bg-ba59ea {
  background-color: #ba59ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba59ea {
  border: 2px solid #ba59ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba59ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba59ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba59ea, #ea59d1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba59ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.76 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.01 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.41 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.64 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.88 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.18 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.04 #45a615 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ba59ea  rgb(186, 89, 234)  hsl(280, 78%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#89ea59  rgb(137, 234, 89)  hsl(100, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eaba59  rgb(234, 186, 89)  hsl(40, 78%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#59eaba  rgb(89, 234, 186)  hsl(160, 78%, 63%)  Aquamarine