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#B45EFA

#b45efa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b45efa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 36.86% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28% cyan, 62.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 273.08°, with 93.98% saturation and 67.45% 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 5.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 6.61.

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Web safe#cc66ff
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Relative luminance0.2461

Complementary

  1. #b45efa
  2. #a4fa5e

Split complementary

  1. #b45efa
  2. #f2fa5e
  3. #5efa66

Analogous

  1. #665efa
  2. #b45efa
  3. #fa5ef2

Triadic

  1. #b45efa
  2. #fab45e
  3. #5efab4

Tetradic

  1. #b45efa
  2. #fa5ea4
  3. #a4fa5e
  4. #5efab4

Square

  1. #b45efa
  2. #fa665e
  3. #a4fa5e
  4. #5ef2fa

Monochromatic

  1. #6906b9
  2. #9114f8
  3. #b45efa
  4. #d7a8fc
  5. #f6ebfe

Shades

#b45efa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b45efa
  2. #a255e1
  3. #904bc8
  4. #7e42af
  5. #6c3896
  6. #5a2f7d
  7. #482664
  8. #361c4b
  9. #241332
  10. #120919
  11. #000000

Tints

#b45efa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b45efa
  2. #bc6efb
  3. #c37efb
  4. #cb8efc
  5. #d29efc
  6. #daaffd
  7. #e1bffd
  8. #e9cffe
  9. #f0dffe
  10. #f8efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b45efa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b45efa
  2. #af61ee
  3. #aa65e2
  4. #a468d5
  5. #9f6cc9
  6. #9a6fbd
  7. #9572b1
  8. #9076a5
  9. #8a7998
  10. #857d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c79c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0085ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3d89f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a87ea4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7577fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e7af8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad73cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b45efa {
  color: #b45efa;
}
Background
.bg-b45efa {
  background-color: #b45efa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b45efa {
  border: 2px solid #b45efa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b45efa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 94 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 94% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b45efa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b45efa, #fa5ef2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b45efa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 94 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.61 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.62 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.70 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.04 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.13 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.30 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.17 #4ba105 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b45efa  rgb(180, 94, 250)  hsl(273, 94%, 67%)  Medium Orchid
#a4fa5e  rgb(164, 250, 94)  hsl(93, 94%, 67%)  Inchworm
#fab45e  rgb(250, 180, 94)  hsl(33, 94%, 67%)  Pastel Orange
#5efab4  rgb(94, 250, 180)  hsl(153, 94%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green