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#B451EA

#b451ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b451ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 31.76% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.08% cyan, 65.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 278.82°, with 78.46% saturation and 61.76% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.13.

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Relative luminance0.2153

Complementary

  1. #b451ea
  2. #87ea51

Split complementary

  1. #b451ea
  2. #d4ea51
  3. #51ea67

Analogous

  1. #6751ea
  2. #b451ea
  3. #ea51d4

Triadic

  1. #b451ea
  2. #eab451
  3. #51eab4

Tetradic

  1. #b451ea
  2. #ea5187
  3. #87ea51
  4. #51eab4

Square

  1. #b451ea
  2. #ea6751
  3. #87ea51
  4. #51d4ea

Monochromatic

  1. #641191
  2. #931ad5
  3. #b451ea
  4. #d195f2
  5. #efdafa

Shades

#b451ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b451ea
  2. #a249d3
  3. #9041bb
  4. #7e39a4
  5. #6c318c
  6. #5a2975
  7. #48205e
  8. #361846
  9. #24102f
  10. #120817
  11. #000000

Tints

#b451ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b451ea
  2. #bc62ec
  3. #c374ee
  4. #cb85f0
  5. #d297f2
  6. #daa8f5
  7. #e1b9f7
  8. #e9cbf9
  9. #f0dcfb
  10. #f8eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b451ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b451ea
  2. #af56df
  3. #aa5ad5
  4. #a45fca
  5. #9f64c0
  6. #9a69b5
  7. #956daa
  8. #9072a0
  9. #8a7795
  10. #857b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9870b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4082e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ad7097 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #746ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f71e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b065be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b451ea {
  color: #b451ea;
}
Background
.bg-b451ea {
  background-color: #b451ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b451ea {
  border: 2px solid #b451ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b451ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 81 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b451ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b451ea, #ea51d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b451ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 81 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.13 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.63 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.95 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.91 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.08 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.20 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.41 #4bae15 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b451ea  rgb(180, 81, 234)  hsl(279, 78%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#87ea51  rgb(135, 234, 81)  hsl(99, 78%, 62%)  Inchworm
#eab451  rgb(234, 180, 81)  hsl(39, 78%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#51eab4  rgb(81, 234, 180)  hsl(159, 78%, 62%)  Aquamarine