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#B150EA

#b150ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b150ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 31.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.36% cyan, 65.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 277.79°, with 78.57% saturation and 61.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.52.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2102

Complementary

  1. #b150ea
  2. #89ea50

Split complementary

  1. #b150ea
  2. #d6ea50
  3. #50ea64

Analogous

  1. #6450ea
  2. #b150ea
  3. #ea50d6

Triadic

  1. #b150ea
  2. #eab150
  3. #50eab1

Tetradic

  1. #b150ea
  2. #ea5089
  3. #89ea50
  4. #50eab1

Square

  1. #b150ea
  2. #ea6450
  3. #89ea50
  4. #50d6ea

Monochromatic

  1. #611190
  2. #8f19d4
  3. #b150ea
  4. #cf94f2
  5. #eed9fa

Shades

#b150ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b150ea
  2. #9f48d3
  3. #8e40bb
  4. #7c38a4
  5. #6a308c
  6. #592875
  7. #47205e
  8. #351846
  9. #23102f
  10. #120817
  11. #000000

Tints

#b150ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b150ea
  2. #b962ec
  3. #c173ee
  4. #c885f0
  5. #d096f2
  6. #d8a8f5
  7. #e0b9f7
  8. #e8cbf9
  9. #efdcfb
  10. #f7eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b150ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b150ea
  2. #ac55df
  3. #a75ad5
  4. #a25eca
  5. #9d63c0
  6. #9968b5
  7. #946daa
  8. #8f72a0
  9. #8a7695
  10. #857b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #956fb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007aef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a80e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a97097 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #716ced ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c70e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac65be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b150ea {
  color: #b150ea;
}
Background
.bg-b150ea {
  background-color: #b150ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b150ea {
  border: 2px solid #b150ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b150ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 80 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 79% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b150ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b150ea, #ea50d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b150ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 80 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.52 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.36 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.85 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.82 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.54 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.85 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.97 #4eaf15 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b150ea  rgb(177, 80, 234)  hsl(278, 79%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#89ea50  rgb(137, 234, 80)  hsl(98, 79%, 62%)  Inchworm
#eab150  rgb(234, 177, 80)  hsl(38, 79%, 62%)  Indian Yellow
#50eab1  rgb(80, 234, 177)  hsl(158, 79%, 62%)  Aquamarine