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#B169CA

#b169ca ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b169ca is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 41.18% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.38% cyan, 48.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 284.54°, with 47.78% saturation and 60.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.66.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2371

Complementary

  1. #b169ca
  2. #82ca69

Split complementary

  1. #b169ca
  2. #b2ca69
  3. #69ca81

Analogous

  1. #8169ca
  2. #b169ca
  3. #ca69b2

Triadic

  1. #b169ca
  2. #cab169
  3. #69cab1

Tetradic

  1. #b169ca
  2. #ca6982
  3. #82ca69
  4. #69cab1

Square

  1. #b169ca
  2. #ca8169
  3. #82ca69
  4. #69b2ca

Monochromatic

  1. #5f2872
  2. #8e3caa
  3. #b169ca
  4. #cea2de
  5. #ecdaf2

Shades

#b169ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b169ca
  2. #9f5fb6
  3. #8e54a2
  4. #7c4a8d
  5. #6a3f79
  6. #593565
  7. #472a51
  8. #35203d
  9. #231528
  10. #120b14
  11. #000000

Tints

#b169ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b169ca
  2. #b978cf
  3. #c187d5
  4. #c896da
  5. #d0a5df
  6. #d8b4e5
  7. #e0c3ea
  8. #e8d2ef
  9. #efe1f4
  10. #f7f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b169ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b169ca
  2. #ac6bc3
  3. #a76ebb
  4. #a270b4
  5. #9d72ac
  6. #9975a5
  7. #94779e
  8. #8f7996
  9. #8a7b8f
  10. #857e87
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #997ba5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5781cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b88c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b07790 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8578cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8d7dc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b172aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b169ca {
  color: #b169ca;
}
Background
.bg-b169ca {
  background-color: #b169ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b169ca {
  border: 2px solid #b169ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b169ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 105 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 48% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b169ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b169ca, #ca69b2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b169ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 105 202 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.66 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.44 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.00 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.99 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.04 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.06 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.68 #4e9635 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b169ca  rgb(177, 105, 202)  hsl(285, 48%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#82ca69  rgb(130, 202, 105)  hsl(105, 48%, 60%)  Mantis
#cab169  rgb(202, 177, 105)  hsl(45, 48%, 60%)  Vegas Gold
#69cab1  rgb(105, 202, 177)  hsl(165, 48%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine