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#B252FF

#b252ff ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b252ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 32.16% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.2% cyan, 67.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 273.29°, with 100% saturation and 66.08% 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 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 6.97.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2272

Complementary

  1. #b252ff
  2. #9fff52

Split complementary

  1. #b252ff
  2. #f6ff52
  3. #52ff5b

Analogous

  1. #5b52ff
  2. #b252ff
  3. #ff52f6

Triadic

  1. #b252ff
  2. #ffb252
  3. #52ffb2

Tetradic

  1. #b252ff
  2. #ff529f
  3. #9fff52
  4. #52ffb2

Square

  1. #b252ff
  2. #ff5b52
  3. #9fff52
  4. #52f6ff

Monochromatic

  1. #6600b8
  2. #9006ff
  3. #b252ff
  4. #d49fff
  5. #f6ebff

Shades

#b252ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b252ff
  2. #a04ae6
  3. #8e42cc
  4. #7d39b3
  5. #6b3199
  6. #592980
  7. #472166
  8. #35194d
  9. #241033
  10. #12081a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b252ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b252ff
  2. #ba63ff
  3. #c175ff
  4. #c986ff
  5. #d197ff
  6. #d9a9ff
  7. #e0baff
  8. #e8cbff
  9. #f0dcff
  10. #f7eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b252ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b252ff
  2. #ad57f2
  3. #a85be6
  4. #a360d9
  5. #9e64cc
  6. #9969c0
  7. #946eb3
  8. #8f72a6
  9. #8a7799
  10. #857b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9873c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0080ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1684fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a479a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c71ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7773fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa6cce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b252ff {
  color: #b252ff;
}
Background
.bg-b252ff {
  background-color: #b252ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b252ff {
  border: 2px solid #b252ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b252ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 82 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 100% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b252ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b252ff, #ff52f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b252ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 82 255 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.97 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.97 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.38 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.89 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.18 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.52 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.20 #4dad00 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b252ff  rgb(178, 82, 255)  hsl(273, 100%, 66%)  Medium Orchid
#9fff52  rgb(159, 255, 82)  hsl(93, 100%, 66%)  Green Yellow
#ffb252  rgb(255, 178, 82)  hsl(33, 100%, 66%)  Yellow Orange
#52ffb2  rgb(82, 255, 178)  hsl(153, 100%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green