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#BA5DEB

#ba5deb ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ba5deb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 36.47% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.85% cyan, 60.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 279.3°, with 78.02% saturation and 64.31% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.2.

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Relative luminance0.2427

Complementary

  1. #ba5deb
  2. #8eeb5d

Split complementary

  1. #ba5deb
  2. #d5eb5d
  3. #5deb73

Analogous

  1. #735deb
  2. #ba5deb
  3. #eb5dd5

Triadic

  1. #ba5deb
  2. #ebba5d
  3. #5debba

Tetradic

  1. #ba5deb
  2. #eb5d8e
  3. #8eeb5d
  4. #5debba

Square

  1. #ba5deb
  2. #eb735d
  3. #8eeb5d
  4. #5dd5eb

Monochromatic

  1. #6d139c
  2. #9c1ce0
  3. #ba5deb
  4. #d7a1f3
  5. #f4e5fc

Shades

#ba5deb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba5deb
  2. #a754d4
  3. #954abc
  4. #8241a5
  5. #70388d
  6. #5d2f76
  7. #4a255e
  8. #381c47
  9. #25132f
  10. #130918
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba5deb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba5deb
  2. #c16ded
  3. #c87def
  4. #cf8ef1
  5. #d69ef3
  6. #ddaef5
  7. #e3bef7
  8. #eacef9
  9. #f1dffb
  10. #f8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba5deb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba5deb
  2. #b461e0
  3. #ae64d6
  4. #a968cb
  5. #a36bc0
  6. #9d6fb6
  7. #9772ab
  8. #9176a0
  9. #8c7995
  10. #867d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e78b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2682ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5289e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5779c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e75ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #887ae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b76ec1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba5deb {
  color: #ba5deb;
}
Background
.bg-ba5deb {
  background-color: #ba5deb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba5deb {
  border: 2px solid #ba5deb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba5deb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 93 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 78% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba5deb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba5deb, #eb5dd5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba5deb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 93 235 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.20 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.95 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.16 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.28 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.57 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.16 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.72 #45a214 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ba5deb  rgb(186, 93, 235)  hsl(279, 78%, 64%)  Medium Orchid
#8eeb5d  rgb(142, 235, 93)  hsl(99, 78%, 64%)  Inchworm
#ebba5d  rgb(235, 186, 93)  hsl(39, 78%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#5debba  rgb(93, 235, 186)  hsl(159, 78%, 64%)  Aquamarine