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#B85AED

#b85aed ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b85aed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 35.29% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.36% cyan, 62.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 278.37°, with 80.33% saturation and 64.12% 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 5.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#cc66ff
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Relative luminance0.2362

Complementary

  1. #b85aed
  2. #8fed5a

Split complementary

  1. #b85aed
  2. #d8ed5a
  3. #5aed6f

Analogous

  1. #6f5aed
  2. #b85aed
  3. #ed5ad8

Triadic

  1. #b85aed
  2. #edb85a
  3. #5aedb8

Tetradic

  1. #b85aed
  2. #ed5a8f
  3. #8fed5a
  4. #5aedb8

Square

  1. #b85aed
  2. #ed6f5a
  3. #8fed5a
  4. #5ad8ed

Monochromatic

  1. #6b119d
  2. #9919e2
  3. #b85aed
  4. #d69ff5
  5. #f3e4fc

Shades

#b85aed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b85aed
  2. #a651d5
  3. #9348be
  4. #813fa6
  5. #6e368e
  6. #5c2d77
  7. #4a245f
  8. #371b47
  9. #25122f
  10. #120918
  11. #000000

Tints

#b85aed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b85aed
  2. #bf6bef
  3. #c67bf1
  4. #cd8cf2
  5. #d49cf4
  6. #dcadf6
  7. #e3bdf8
  8. #eacefa
  9. #f1defb
  10. #f8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b85aed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b85aed
  2. #b25ee2
  3. #ad62d7
  4. #a765cc
  5. #a269c1
  6. #9c6db7
  7. #9671ac
  8. #9175a1
  9. #8b7896
  10. #867c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c76b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1481f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b87ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2769c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a73f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8578eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b46cc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b85aed {
  color: #b85aed;
}
Background
.bg-b85aed {
  background-color: #b85aed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b85aed {
  border: 2px solid #b85aed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b85aed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 90 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 80% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b85aed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b85aed, #ed5ad8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b85aed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 90 237 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.34 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.94 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.28 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.43 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.88 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.27 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.39 #47a512 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b85aed  rgb(184, 90, 237)  hsl(278, 80%, 64%)  Medium Orchid
#8fed5a  rgb(143, 237, 90)  hsl(98, 80%, 64%)  Inchworm
#edb85a  rgb(237, 184, 90)  hsl(38, 80%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#5aedb8  rgb(90, 237, 184)  hsl(158, 80%, 64%)  Aquamarine