HEX atlas value

#BA55D3

#BA55D3 is a cool purple HEX color nearest Medium Orchid. RGB 186, 85, 211, HSL 288° 59% 58%, luminance 0.2164; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool balanced

#BA55D3 Sample readable text

HEX #BA55D3

RGB rgb(186, 85, 211)

HSL hsl(288 59% 58%)

CMYK cmyk(12, 60, 0, 17)

Luminance 0.2164

Contrast Black 5.33:1White 3.94:1

CSS

--color-ba55d3: #BA55D3;
.background-ba55d3 { background-color: #BA55D3; }
.text-ba55d3 { color: #BA55D3; }

HEX meaning and use

About #BA55D3

#BA55D3 is classified as a cool purple value with balanced visual character. #BA55D3 is visually closest to Medium Orchid, a named purple color with HEX #BA55D3.

The RGB channels are 186, 85, and 211, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 288deg with 59% saturation and 58% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.2164, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text5.33:1AA Pass

White text3.94:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #BA55D3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000005.33:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.94:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#6ED355#6ED355 · #000000 text · best 11.11:1 #D79EE6#D79EE6 · #000000 text · best 9.92:1 Orchid#DA70D6 · #000000 text · best 7.27:1 #8A2AA2#8A2AA2 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.16:1 #D355AD#D355AD · #000000 text · best 5.67:1

Generated Palette

Medium Orchid#BA55D3

#6ED355#6ED355

#7B55D3#7B55D3

#D355AD#D355AD

#D79EE6#D79EE6

#8A2AA2#8A2AA2

Color Harmonies

#6ED355#6ED355

#7B55D3#7B55D3

#D355AD#D355AD

#D3BA55#D3BA55

#55D3BA#55D3BA

Variants

#D79EE6#D79EE6

#8A2AA2#8A2AA2

#C83DEB#C83DEB

#AC6CBC#AC6CBC

#DFC1E7#DFC1E7

#DC52FF#DC52FF

Nearest Named Colors

Medium Orchid#BA55D3

Amethyst#9966CC

Orchid#DA70D6

Orchid Purple#B565A7

Medium Purple#9370DB

Luminance0.2164

Black text5.33:1AA Pass

White text3.94:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#BA55D3","rgb":[186,85,211],"hsl":[288,59,58],"cmyk":[12,60,0,17],"luminance":0.2164,"contrast":{"black":5.33,"white":3.94}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":5.33,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.94,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#6ED355","hex":"#6ED355","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.11,"contrastWhite":1.89,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#D79EE6","hex":"#D79EE6","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.92,"contrastWhite":2.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Orchid","hex":"#DA70D6","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.27,"contrastWhite":2.89,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#8A2AA2","hex":"#8A2AA2","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.93,"contrastWhite":7.16,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"#D355AD","hex":"#D355AD","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":5.67,"contrastWhite":3.7,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","balanced","balanced purple","Medium Orchid adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ba55d3.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/medium-orchid.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/amethyst.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/orchid.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#6ED355","analogous":["#7B55D3","#D355AD"],"triadic":["#D3BA55","#55D3BA"],"tetradic":["#D37B55","#6ED355","#55ADD3"],"splitComplementary":["#ADD355","#55D37B"],"monochromatic":["#D79EE6","#BA55D3","#8A2AA2"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D79EE6","dark":"#8A2AA2","saturated":"#C83DEB","desaturated":"#AC6CBC","pastel":"#DFC1E7","neon":"#DC52FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"medium-orchid","name":"Medium Orchid","hex":"#BA55D3","distance":0},{"slug":"amethyst","name":"Amethyst","hex":"#9966CC","distance":37.77565353504821},{"slug":"orchid","name":"Orchid","hex":"#DA70D6","distance":41.97618372363071},{"slug":"orchid-purple","name":"Orchid Purple","hex":"#B565A7","distance":47.085029467974216},{"slug":"medium-purple","name":"Medium Purple","hex":"#9370DB","distance":48.104053883222775}]

#BA55D3

CSS

About #BA55D3

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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