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#B85EE7

#b85ee7 ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b85ee7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 36.86% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.35% cyan, 59.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 279.42°, with 74.05% saturation and 63.73% 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 5.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.82.

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Relative luminance0.2397

Complementary

  1. #b85ee7
  2. #8de75e

Split complementary

  1. #b85ee7
  2. #d1e75e
  3. #5ee774

Analogous

  1. #745ee7
  2. #b85ee7
  3. #e75ed1

Triadic

  1. #b85ee7
  2. #e7b85e
  3. #5ee7b8

Tetradic

  1. #b85ee7
  2. #e75e8d
  3. #8de75e
  4. #5ee7b8

Square

  1. #b85ee7
  2. #e7745e
  3. #8de75e
  4. #5ed1e7

Monochromatic

  1. #6a1696
  2. #9920d8
  3. #b85ee7
  4. #d5a1f1
  5. #f3e3fb

Shades

#b85ee7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b85ee7
  2. #a655d0
  3. #934bb9
  4. #8142a2
  5. #6e388b
  6. #5c2f74
  7. #4a265c
  8. #371c45
  9. #25132e
  10. #120917
  11. #000000

Tints

#b85ee7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b85ee7
  2. #bf6ee9
  3. #c67eec
  4. #cd8eee
  5. #d49ef1
  6. #dcaff3
  7. #e3bff5
  8. #eacff8
  9. #f1dffa
  10. #f8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b85ee7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b85ee7
  2. #b261dd
  3. #ad65d2
  4. #a768c8
  5. #a26cbe
  6. #9c6fb4
  7. #9672a9
  8. #91769f
  9. #8b7995
  10. #867d8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d78b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2e82eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5588e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3779a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e75ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #887ae5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b56ebe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b85ee7 {
  color: #b85ee7;
}
Background
.bg-b85ee7 {
  background-color: #b85ee7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b85ee7 {
  border: 2px solid #b85ee7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b85ee7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 94 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 74% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b85ee7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b85ee7, #e75ed1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b85ee7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 94 231 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.82 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.44 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.92 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.97 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.82 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.35 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.63 #47a118 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b85ee7  rgb(184, 94, 231)  hsl(279, 74%, 64%)  Medium Orchid
#8de75e  rgb(141, 231, 94)  hsl(99, 74%, 64%)  Inchworm
#e7b85e  rgb(231, 184, 94)  hsl(39, 74%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#5ee7b8  rgb(94, 231, 184)  hsl(159, 74%, 64%)  Aquamarine