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#B855EC

#b855ec ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b855ec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.03% cyan, 63.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 279.34°, with 79.89% saturation and 62.94% 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 5.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.02.

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Web safe#cc66ff
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Relative luminance0.2274

Complementary

  1. #b855ec
  2. #89ec55

Split complementary

  1. #b855ec
  2. #d4ec55
  3. #55ec6d

Analogous

  1. #6d55ec
  2. #b855ec
  3. #ec55d4

Triadic

  1. #b855ec
  2. #ecb855
  3. #55ecb8

Tetradic

  1. #b855ec
  2. #ec5589
  3. #89ec55
  4. #55ecb8

Square

  1. #b855ec
  2. #ec6d55
  3. #89ec55
  4. #55d4ec

Monochromatic

  1. #691197
  2. #9919dc
  3. #b855ec
  4. #d59af4
  5. #f1dffb

Shades

#b855ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b855ec
  2. #a64dd4
  3. #9344bd
  4. #813ca5
  5. #6e338e
  6. #5c2b76
  7. #4a225e
  8. #371a47
  9. #25112f
  10. #120918
  11. #000000

Tints

#b855ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b855ec
  2. #bf66ee
  3. #c677f0
  4. #cd88f2
  5. #d499f4
  6. #dcaaf6
  7. #e3bbf7
  8. #eaccf9
  9. #f1ddfb
  10. #f8eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b855ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b855ec
  2. #b259e1
  3. #ad5ed6
  4. #a762cc
  5. #a266c1
  6. #9c6bb6
  7. #966fab
  8. #9173a0
  9. #8b7796
  10. #867c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b73b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007ef1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4785e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b27399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7970ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8475ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b468c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b855ec {
  color: #b855ec;
}
Background
.bg-b855ec {
  background-color: #b855ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b855ec {
  border: 2px solid #b855ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b855ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 85 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 80% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b855ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b855ec, #ec55d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b855ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 85 236 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.02 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.11 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.50 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.79 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.76 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.03 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.31 #47aa13 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b855ec  rgb(184, 85, 236)  hsl(279, 80%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#89ec55  rgb(137, 236, 85)  hsl(99, 80%, 63%)  Inchworm
#ecb855  rgb(236, 184, 85)  hsl(39, 80%, 63%)  Meat Brown
#55ecb8  rgb(85, 236, 184)  hsl(159, 80%, 63%)  Aquamarine