Medium Orchid `#BA55D3`

Medium Orchid (#BA55D3) is a mid-tone, vivid purple with an OKLCH hue of 319°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.202. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#BA55D3`
RGB	`rgb(186, 85, 211)`
HSL	`hsl(288, 59%, 58%)`
HSV	`hsv(288, 60%, 83%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(12%, 60%, 0%, 17%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(53.6 59.1 -47.4)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.626 0.202 319)`

How Medium Orchid behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Medium Orchid shifts subtly: drifts toward magenta; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #bd53c6 — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward magenta
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #be56cf — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward magenta
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ba55d3 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
North light / shade (~7500K diffuse blue-sky light): → #ba55d6 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.94:1 and against black 5.33:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Medium Orchid

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#f6d1ff · #e790fd · #ba55d3 · #9a3bb1 · #711685 · #450054

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#a89eff · #b279f4 · #ba55d3 · #b53fa0 · #a82b70 · #961b44

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#de8b96 · #ba55d3 · #9341a8 · #940036 · #540065 · #3c0010

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#fbeaff · #77e258 · #ba55d3 · #775d7e · #62326f · #3c2043

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e8f7e5 · #af9cb4 · #ba55d3 · #677164 · #38253d · #000200

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#edf5eb · #c3ccc1 · #96a093 · #1c2818 · #010700 · #ba55d3

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#aededc · #a0c451 · #ba55d3 · #7f60ab · #334532 · #1b0410

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#c7f7f3 · #c5d782 · #ba55d3 · #4e8172 · #3a4436 · #1f0512

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#fff0d7 · #d49600 · #ba55d3 · #007d82 · #003537 · #100600

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ffeee5 · #f28039 · #ba55d3 · #2b8300 · #003245 · #000200

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#C770DD · #D489E8 · #E1A1F2 · #EEB9FB · #F6D4FF

Shades

#9C40B2 · #7F2C93 · #631775 · #480057 · #2C0037

Muted

#B064C4 · #A670B4 · #9B7AA4

Using Medium Orchid

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.