#BD49A8

A medium, moderate magenta closely aligning with Orchid.

About #BD49A8

When working with digital screens, the color #BD49A8 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Orchid. In the RGB color space, it consists of 189 red, 73 green, and 168 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 61% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD49A8
RGB189, 73, 168
HSL310.9°, 46.8%, 51.4%
CMYK0%, 61%, 11%, 26%
HSV310.9°, 61.4%, 74.1%
LAB50.0, 57.6, -28.3
XYZ30.4, 18.4, 39.0
Decimal12405160

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.49:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
4.68:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.29:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
3.98:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD49A8; }
.text-color { color: #BD49A8; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD49A8; }

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