CSS named colour

Medium Orchid

#ba55d3

A CSS named colour: mediumorchid is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(186 85 211)
HSL: 288°, 59%, 58%
OKLCh: 62.6% 0.202 319.2

Medium Orchid in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#ba55d3`
RGB	`rgb(186 85 211)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(186, 85, 211)`
RGB percent	`rgb(72.94% 33.33% 82.75%)`
HSL	`hsl(288.1 58.9% 58%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(288.1, 58.9%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(288.1, 59.7%, 82.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(288.1 33.3% 17.3%)`
Nearest name	`mediumorchid`
CMYK	`cmyk(11.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 17.3%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(62.558% 0.20244 319.226)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(62.558% 0.15331 -0.13221)`
CIE LCh	`lch(53.369% 72.658 319.226)`
CIE Lab	`lab(53.369% 55.023 -47.451)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.68 0.3561 0.8025)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.6002 0.3317 0.7739)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.491 0.0908 0.6514)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.3525 0.2164 0.6395)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.729, 0.333, 0.827)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.491, 0.091, 0.651)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.729, 0.333, 0.827, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.491, 0.091, 0.651, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(186, 85, 211)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.729, 0.333, 0.827)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.491, 0.091, 0.651)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.729, 0.333, 0.827, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.729, 0.333, 0.827, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.729, 0.333, 0.827)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.729, 0.333, 0.827, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.491, 0.091, 0.651)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.729f, 0.333f, 0.827f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(186, 85, 211, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.491f, 0.0908f, 0.6514f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(186, 85, 211, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.729, 0.333, 0.827, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFBA55D3)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(186, 85, 211)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.729, green: 0.333, blue: 0.827)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.729, green: 0.333, blue: 0.827, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xBA55D3`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFBA55D3`
Array 0–1	`[0.729, 0.333, 0.827]`
Array 0–255	`[186, 85, 211]`
Decimal integer	`12211667`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Medium Orchid on white	3.94:1	AA Large	Lc 66	Headings and large text
Medium Orchid on black	5.33:1	AA	Lc 35	Non-text elements only

Medium Orchid text on a white background

Medium Orchid text on a black background

White text on Medium Orchid

Black text on Medium Orchid

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#ffeeff
100#ffdfff
200#fec4ff
300#f69eff
400#dd7bf5
500#be59d7
600#a03fb8
700#85289a
800#6d1580
900#59036a
950#380046

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#c774dc
Tint 2#d391e4
Tint 3#dfadeb
Tint 4#eac8f3
Tint 5#f5e4f9
Shade 1#9141a5
Shade 2#6a2e7a
Shade 3#461c51
Shade 4#250b2b
Shade 5#07010a

Colours that work with Medium Orchid

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#35a200
#b77a00
#009ea5
#896af7
#da459a

Closest CSS names

mediumorchidexact match
mediumpurpleΔEok 0.083
orchidΔEok 0.086
darkorchidΔEok 0.093
mediumslateblueΔEok 0.117
bluevioletΔEok 0.125