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#B855EA

#b855ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b855ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 33.33% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.37% cyan, 63.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 279.87°, with 78.01% saturation and 62.55% 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 5.53:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.73.

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Relative luminance0.2263

Complementary

  1. #b855ea
  2. #87ea55

Split complementary

  1. #b855ea
  2. #d1ea55
  3. #55ea6e

Analogous

  1. #6e55ea
  2. #b855ea
  3. #ea55d1

Triadic

  1. #b855ea
  2. #eab855
  3. #55eab8

Tetradic

  1. #b855ea
  2. #ea5587
  3. #87ea55
  4. #55eab8

Square

  1. #b855ea
  2. #ea6e55
  3. #87ea55
  4. #55d1ea

Monochromatic

  1. #681294
  2. #981bd8
  3. #b855ea
  4. #d499f2
  5. #f1ddfb

Shades

#b855ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b855ea
  2. #a64dd3
  3. #9344bb
  4. #813ca4
  5. #6e338c
  6. #5c2b75
  7. #4a225e
  8. #371a46
  9. #25112f
  10. #120917
  11. #000000

Tints

#b855ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b855ea
  2. #bf66ec
  3. #c677ee
  4. #cd88f0
  5. #d499f2
  6. #dcaaf5
  7. #e3bbf7
  8. #eaccf9
  9. #f1ddfb
  10. #f8eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b855ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b855ea
  2. #b259df
  3. #ad5ed5
  4. #a762ca
  5. #a266c0
  6. #9c6bb5
  7. #966faa
  8. #9173a0
  9. #8b7795
  10. #867c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b73b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007eef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4985e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b27298 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7970ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8475e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b568bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b855ea {
  color: #b855ea;
}
Background
.bg-b855ea {
  background-color: #b855ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b855ea {
  border: 2px solid #b855ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b855ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 85 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b855ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b855ea, #ea55d1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b855ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 85 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.73 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.00 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.54 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.81 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.72 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.08 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.31 #47aa15 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b855ea  rgb(184, 85, 234)  hsl(280, 78%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#87ea55  rgb(135, 234, 85)  hsl(100, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eab855  rgb(234, 184, 85)  hsl(40, 78%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#55eab8  rgb(85, 234, 184)  hsl(160, 78%, 63%)  Aquamarine