#ba40cd

Color #ba40cd

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 8.78 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ba40cd

RGB

rgb(186, 64, 205)

HSL

hsl(291.9, 58.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(291.9, 68.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(50.12, 66.8, -49.59)

LCH

lch(50.12, 83.2, 323.41)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.2248, 321.99)

HWB

hwb(291.9, 25.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53cd40

Analogous

#7340cd

#ba40cd

#cd4099

Triadic

#ba40cd

#cdba40

#40cdba

Split-complementary

#ba40cd

#99cd40

#40cd73

Tetradic

#ba40cd

#cd4053

#53cd40

#40cdba

Square

#ba40cd

#cd7340

#53cd40

#4099cd

Shades

Color #ba40cd mixed toward black.

#a02eb2

#80258e

#601c6b

#401347

#200924

Tints

Color #ba40cd mixed toward white.

#c560d5

#d180de

#dc9fe6

#e8bfee

#f3dff7

Tones

Color #ba40cd mixed toward gray.

#b14cc1

#a957b5

#a063aa

#986f9e

#8f7b92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594b7 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#9ba2b2 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#b6a39f · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 29

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ba40cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba40cd]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ba40cd (#ba40cd) is rgb(186, 64, 205) in RGB.

No, #ba40cd is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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