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#B166FA

#b166fa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b166fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 40% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.2% cyan, 59.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 270.41°, with 93.67% saturation and 69.02% 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 6.15:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.78.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2575

Complementary

  1. #b166fa
  2. #affa66

Split complementary

  1. #b166fa
  2. #f9fa66
  3. #66fa67

Analogous

  1. #6766fa
  2. #b166fa
  3. #fa66f9

Triadic

  1. #b166fa
  2. #fab166
  3. #66fab1

Tetradic

  1. #b166fa
  2. #fa66af
  3. #affa66
  4. #66fab1

Square

  1. #b166fa
  2. #fa6766
  3. #affa66
  4. #66f9fa

Monochromatic

  1. #6506c1
  2. #8b1cf8
  3. #b166fa
  4. #d7b0fc
  5. #f5ebfe

Shades

#b166fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b166fa
  2. #9f5ce1
  3. #8e52c8
  4. #7c47af
  5. #6a3d96
  6. #59337d
  7. #472964
  8. #351f4b
  9. #231432
  10. #120a19
  11. #000000

Tints

#b166fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b166fa
  2. #b975fb
  3. #c185fb
  4. #c894fc
  5. #d0a3fc
  6. #d8b3fd
  7. #e0c2fd
  8. #e8d1fe
  9. #efe0fe
  10. #f7f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b166fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b166fa
  2. #ac69ee
  3. #a76be2
  4. #a26ed5
  5. #9d70c9
  6. #9973bd
  7. #9476b1
  8. #8f78a5
  9. #8a7b98
  10. #857d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c7ec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1b89ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #448bf7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a484a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #767cfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f7ef8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a979cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b166fa {
  color: #b166fa;
}
Background
.bg-b166fa {
  background-color: #b166fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b166fa {
  border: 2px solid #b166fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b166fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 102 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b166fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b166fa, #fa66f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b166fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 102 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.78 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.47 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.53 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.96 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.88 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.64 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.75 #4e9905 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#b166fa  rgb(177, 102, 250)  hsl(270, 94%, 69%)  Medium Purple
#affa66  rgb(175, 250, 102)  hsl(90, 94%, 69%)  Inchworm
#fab166  rgb(250, 177, 102)  hsl(30, 94%, 69%)  Sandy Brown
#66fab1  rgb(102, 250, 177)  hsl(150, 94%, 69%)  Medium Spring Green