PURPLE

Medium Orchid

#BA55D3

Conversions

HEX#BA55D3

RGBrgb(186, 85, 211)

HSLhsl(288, 59%, 58%)

HSVhsv(288, 60%, 83%)

CMYKcmyk(12%, 60%, 0%, 17%)

Copy CSS

color: #ba55d3;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(186, 85, 211);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(288, 59%, 58%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 3.94 : 1

On ink blackPass · 4.86 : 1

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About Medium Orchid

Medium Orchid is the hex color #BA55D3, which translates to rgb(186, 85, 211) in RGB and hsl(288, 59%, 58%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 288 degrees, with a saturation of 59 percent and a lightness of 58 percent. Its OKLCH chroma of 0.202 is high, so Medium Orchid is one of the more vivid purple tones here and is easy to overuse at large sizes.

How Medium Orchid compares

Medium Orchid is exactly the CSS keyword mediumorchid, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is purple-400 (#C27AFF), at a distance of 14.9. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Heliotrope at 13.7. Sorted by lightness, Medium Orchid is number 16 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Medium Orchid

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Medium Orchid, led by Ink black at 4.86:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Medium Orchid already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Medium Orchid. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	3.94:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	4.86:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.23:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	2.62:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	3.18:1	Fail	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Medium Orchid

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Medium Orchid for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Medium Orchid

Format	Value
HEX	#BA55D3
RGB	rgb(186, 85, 211)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(288, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 60%, 0%, 17%)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.2024 319.23)
CIELAB	lab(53.64 59.06 -47.40)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.