#BD66DB

A light, moderate purple closely aligning with Mediumorchid.

About #BD66DB

Visually, #BD66DB is defined as a moderate purple. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Mediumorchid. In the RGB color space, it consists of 189 red, 102 green, and 219 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 14% cyan and 53% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 284.6° hue, 61.9% saturation, and 62.9% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD66DB
RGB189, 102, 219
HSL284.6°, 61.9%, 62.9%
CMYK14%, 53%, 0%, 14%
HSV284.6°, 53.4%, 85.9%
LAB57.5, 53.2, -45.8
XYZ38.5, 25.4, 69.9
Decimal12412635

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.45:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
6.09:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.30:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
5.17:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD66DB; }
.text-color { color: #BD66DB; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD66DB; }

Similar Colors

Mediumorchid
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