HEX Color #BD5FB6 (Orchid)

About #BD5FB6

At its core, #BD5FB6 is a medium and moderate hue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Orchid. Its digital footprint relies on 189 parts red, 95 parts green, and 182 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 50% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 304.5° hue, 41.6% saturation, and 55.7% lightness.

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. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD5FB6

RGB189, 95, 182

HSL304.5°, 41.6%, 55.7%

CMYK0%, 50%, 4%, 26%

HSV304.5°, 49.7%, 74.1%

LAB54.4, 49.7, -29.5

XYZ33.5, 22.4, 46.8

Decimal12410806

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#BD5FB6 #5FBD65

Analogous

#945FBD #BD5F87

Triadic

#B6BD5F #5FB6BD

Tetradic

#BD945F #5FBD65 #5F87BD

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#BD5FB6

#C470BE

#CB82C6

#D394CE

#DAA6D6

#E1B7DE

#E9C9E6

#F0DBEE

#F7EDF6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#BD5FB6

#A854A1

#93498D

#7E3F79

#693465

#542A50

#3F1F3C

#2A1528

#150A14

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.83:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.48:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.67:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.66:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD5FB6; }

.text-color { color: #BD5FB6; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD5FB6; }

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Orchid

#DA70D6