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#B550FA

#b550fa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b550fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 31.37% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.6% cyan, 68% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 275.65°, with 94.44% saturation and 64.71% 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 5.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 6.13.

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Relative luminance0.2246

Complementary

  1. #b550fa
  2. #95fa50

Split complementary

  1. #b550fa
  2. #eafa50
  3. #50fa60

Analogous

  1. #6050fa
  2. #b550fa
  3. #fa50ea

Triadic

  1. #b550fa
  2. #fab550
  3. #50fab5

Tetradic

  1. #b550fa
  2. #fa5095
  3. #95fa50
  4. #50fab5

Square

  1. #b550fa
  2. #fa6050
  3. #95fa50
  4. #50eafa

Monochromatic

  1. #6805ac
  2. #9507f6
  3. #b550fa
  4. #d49afc
  5. #f4e5fe

Shades

#b550fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b550fa
  2. #a348e1
  3. #9140c8
  4. #7f38af
  5. #6d3096
  6. #5b287d
  7. #482064
  8. #36184b
  9. #241032
  10. #120819
  11. #000000

Tints

#b550fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b550fa
  2. #bc62fb
  3. #c473fb
  4. #cb85fc
  5. #d396fc
  6. #daa8fd
  7. #e1b9fd
  8. #e9cbfe
  9. #f0dcfe
  10. #f8eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b550fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b550fa
  2. #b055ee
  3. #aa5ae2
  4. #a55ed5
  5. #a063c9
  6. #9b68bd
  7. #956db1
  8. #9072a5
  9. #8b7698
  10. #857b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9972be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2883f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa769f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f6ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b72f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af68ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b550fa {
  color: #b550fa;
}
Background
.bg-b550fa {
  background-color: #b550fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b550fa {
  border: 2px solid #b550fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b550fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 80 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 94% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b550fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b550fa, #fa50ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b550fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 80 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.13 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.52 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.20 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.17 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.39 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.80 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.93 #4aaf05 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b550fa  rgb(181, 80, 250)  hsl(276, 94%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#95fa50  rgb(149, 250, 80)  hsl(96, 94%, 65%)  Lawn Green
#fab550  rgb(250, 181, 80)  hsl(36, 94%, 65%)  Pastel Orange
#50fab5  rgb(80, 250, 181)  hsl(156, 94%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green