CSS named color

Orchid #DA70D6

Orchid is magenta. 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 Orchid used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox

2.89:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕

Aa The quick brown fox

7.27:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

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

Tintsmixed toward white

Shadesmixed toward black

Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

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

Complementary

#DA70D6 ≈ Violet #71DA75 ≈ Light Green

Analogous

#A971DA ≈ Medium Purple #DA70D6 ≈ Violet #DA71A2 ≈ Pale Violet Red

Triadic

#DA70D6 ≈ Violet #D7DA71 ≈ Khaki #71D7DA ≈ Sky Blue

Split-complementary

#DA70D6 ≈ Violet #A2DA71 ≈ Light Green #71DAA9 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

Tetradic

#DA70D6 ≈ Violet #DAA971 ≈ Burlywood #71DA75 ≈ Light Green #71A2DA ≈ Cornflower Blue

Use Orchid in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#da70d6], border-[#da70d6].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

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

Extract a theme →

Similar named colors

Violet #EE82EE Medium Orchid #BA55D3 Hot Pink #FF69B4 Plum #DDA0DD Pale Violet Red #DB7093 Medium Purple #9370DB

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