HEX Color #BD4299 (Mediumvioletred)

About #BD4299

When working with digital screens, the color #BD4299 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumvioletred. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 189, 66, and 153.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 65% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 317.6° hue, 48.2% saturation, and 50.0% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD4299

RGB189, 66, 153

HSL317.6°, 48.2%, 50.0%

CMYK0%, 65%, 19%, 26%

HSV317.6°, 65.1%, 74.1%

LAB48.3, 58.3, -22.0

XYZ28.7, 17.0, 31.9

Decimal12403353

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#BD4299 #41BD66

Analogous

#A341BD #BD415B

Triadic

#98BD41 #4199BD

Tetradic

#BDA341 #41BD66 #415BBD

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#BD4299

#C457A4

#CB6CAF

#D381BB

#DA96C6

#E1ABD1

#E9C0DD

#F0D5E8

#F7EAF3

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#BD4299

#A83A88

#933377

#7E2C66

#692455

#541D44

#3F1633

#2A0E22

#150711

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.77:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.40:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

4.56:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.74:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD4299; }

.text-color { color: #BD4299; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD4299; }

Similar Colors

Mediumvioletred

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