CSS named color

Medium Orchid #BA55D3

Medium Orchid is violet. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Medium Orchid used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
3.94:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓
Aa The quick brown fox
5.33:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Medium Orchid — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Medium Orchid by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#BA55D3 ≈ Orchid #6ED355 ≈ Yellow Green

Analogous

#7B55D3 ≈ Slate Blue #BA55D3 ≈ Orchid #D355AD ≈ Pale Violet Red

Triadic

#BA55D3 ≈ Orchid #D3BA55 ≈ Dark Khaki #55D3BA ≈ Medium Turquoise

Split-complementary

#BA55D3 ≈ Orchid #ADD355 ≈ Yellow Green #55D37B ≈ Medium Sea Green

Tetradic

#BA55D3 ≈ Orchid #D37B55 ≈ Peru #6ED355 ≈ Yellow Green #55ADD3 ≈ Cornflower Blue

Use Medium Orchid in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#ba55d3], border-[#ba55d3].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Medium Orchid into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

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Similar named colors

Orchid #DA70D6 Medium Purple #9370DB Dark Orchid #9932CC Medium Slate Blue #7B68EE Blue Violet #8A2BE2 Pale Violet Red #DB7093

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