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#B155FA

#b155fa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b155fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 33.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.2% cyan, 66% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 273.45°, with 94.29% saturation and 65.69% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 6.45.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2275

Complementary

  1. #b155fa
  2. #9efa55

Split complementary

  1. #b155fa
  2. #f1fa55
  3. #55fa5f

Analogous

  1. #5f55fa
  2. #b155fa
  3. #fa55f1

Triadic

  1. #b155fa
  2. #fab155
  3. #55fab1

Tetradic

  1. #b155fa
  2. #fa559e
  3. #9efa55
  4. #55fab1

Square

  1. #b155fa
  2. #fa5f55
  3. #9efa55
  4. #55f1fa

Monochromatic

  1. #6505b1
  2. #8f0bf8
  3. #b155fa
  4. #d39ffc
  5. #f5eafe

Shades

#b155fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b155fa
  2. #9f4de1
  3. #8e44c8
  4. #7c3caf
  5. #6a3396
  6. #592b7d
  7. #472264
  8. #351a4b
  9. #231132
  10. #120919
  11. #000000

Tints

#b155fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b155fa
  2. #b966fb
  3. #c177fb
  4. #c888fc
  5. #d099fc
  6. #d8aafd
  7. #e0bbfd
  8. #e8ccfe
  9. #efddfe
  10. #f7eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b155fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b155fa
  2. #ac59ee
  3. #a75ee2
  4. #a262d5
  5. #9d66c9
  6. #996bbd
  7. #946fb1
  8. #8f73a5
  9. #8a7798
  10. #857c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9873bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0080ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2984f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a579a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e71fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7874f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa6ccb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b155fa {
  color: #b155fa;
}
Background
.bg-b155fa {
  background-color: #b155fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b155fa {
  border: 2px solid #b155fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b155fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 85 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b155fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b155fa, #fa55f1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b155fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 85 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.45 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.33 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.72 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.34 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.98 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.70 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.84 #4eaa05 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b155fa  rgb(177, 85, 250)  hsl(273, 94%, 66%)  Medium Orchid
#9efa55  rgb(158, 250, 85)  hsl(93, 94%, 66%)  Green Yellow
#fab155  rgb(250, 177, 85)  hsl(33, 94%, 66%)  Yellow Orange
#55fab1  rgb(85, 250, 177)  hsl(153, 94%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green