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#B263CE

#b263ce ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b263ce is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 38.82% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.59% cyan, 51.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 284.3°, with 52.2% saturation and 59.8% 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 5.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.08.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2284

Complementary

  1. #b263ce
  2. #7fce63

Split complementary

  1. #b263ce
  2. #b4ce63
  3. #63ce7c

Analogous

  1. #7c63ce
  2. #b263ce
  3. #ce63b4

Triadic

  1. #b263ce
  2. #ceb263
  3. #63ceb2

Tetradic

  1. #b263ce
  2. #ce637f
  3. #7fce63
  4. #63ceb2

Square

  1. #b263ce
  2. #ce7c63
  3. #7fce63
  4. #63b4ce

Monochromatic

  1. #5f2474
  2. #8f37ae
  3. #b263ce
  4. #cf9de0
  5. #ebd7f3

Shades

#b263ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b263ce
  2. #a059b9
  3. #8e4fa5
  4. #7d4590
  5. #6b3b7c
  6. #593267
  7. #472852
  8. #351e3e
  9. #241429
  10. #120a15
  11. #000000

Tints

#b263ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b263ce
  2. #ba73d3
  3. #c182d8
  4. #c992dd
  5. #d1a1e2
  6. #d9b1e7
  7. #e0c1eb
  8. #e8d0f0
  9. #f0e0f5
  10. #f7effa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b263ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b263ce
  2. #ad66c6
  3. #a869be
  4. #a36cb7
  5. #9e6faf
  6. #9972a7
  7. #94749f
  8. #8f7797
  9. #8a7a90
  10. #857d88
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9878a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4c7ed2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6586cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1738f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8274d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b79cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b16dac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b263ce {
  color: #b263ce;
}
Background
.bg-b263ce {
  background-color: #b263ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b263ce {
  border: 2px solid #b263ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b263ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 99 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 52% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b263ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b263ce, #ce63b4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b263ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 99 206 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.08 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.12 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.11 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.09 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.61 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.90 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.30 #4d9c31 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b263ce  rgb(178, 99, 206)  hsl(284, 52%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#7fce63  rgb(127, 206, 99)  hsl(104, 52%, 60%)  Mantis
#ceb263  rgb(206, 178, 99)  hsl(44, 52%, 60%)  Vegas Gold
#63ceb2  rgb(99, 206, 178)  hsl(164, 52%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine