HEX Color #BD16CC (Darkorchid)

About #BD16CC

When working with digital screens, the color #BD16CC is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkorchid. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 189, 22, and 204.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 7% cyan and 89% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 295.1° hue, 80.5% saturation, and 44.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD16CC

RGB189, 22, 204

HSL295.1°, 80.5%, 44.3%

CMYK7%, 89%, 0%, 20%

HSV295.1°, 89.2%, 80.0%

LAB46.6, 78.4, -54.6

XYZ32.2, 15.8, 58.5

Decimal12392140

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#BD16CC #24CC16

Analogous

#6216CC #CC167F

Triadic

#CCBD16 #16CCBD

Tetradic

#CC6216 #24CC16 #167FCC

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#BD16CC

#C42FD1

#CB49D7

#D363DD

#DA7DE2

#E197E8

#E9B1EE

#F0CBF3

#F7E5F9

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#BD16CC

#A813B5

#93119E

#7E0E88

#690C71

#54095A

#3F0744

#2A042D

#150216

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.06:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.15:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

4.84:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.53:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD16CC; }

.text-color { color: #BD16CC; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD16CC; }

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Darkorchid

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