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#B950EA

#b950ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b950ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 31.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.94% cyan, 65.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 280.91°, with 78.57% saturation and 61.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.72.

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Relative luminance0.2199

Complementary

  1. #b950ea
  2. #81ea50

Split complementary

  1. #b950ea
  2. #ceea50
  3. #50ea6c

Analogous

  1. #6c50ea
  2. #b950ea
  3. #ea50ce

Triadic

  1. #b950ea
  2. #eab950
  3. #50eab9

Tetradic

  1. #b950ea
  2. #ea5081
  3. #81ea50
  4. #50eab9

Square

  1. #b950ea
  2. #ea6c50
  3. #81ea50
  4. #50ceea

Monochromatic

  1. #681190
  2. #9919d4
  3. #b950ea
  4. #d494f2
  5. #f0d9fa

Shades

#b950ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b950ea
  2. #a748d3
  3. #9440bb
  4. #8238a4
  5. #6f308c
  6. #5d2875
  7. #4a205e
  8. #381846
  9. #25102f
  10. #130817
  11. #000000

Tints

#b950ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b950ea
  2. #c062ec
  3. #c773ee
  4. #ce85f0
  5. #d596f2
  6. #dca8f5
  7. #e3b9f7
  8. #eacbf9
  9. #f1dcfb
  10. #f8eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b950ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b950ea
  2. #b355df
  3. #ae5ad5
  4. #a85eca
  5. #a263c0
  6. #9d68b5
  7. #976daa
  8. #9172a0
  9. #8b7695
  10. #867b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b71b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4583e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b46f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #786ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8472e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b664be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b950ea {
  color: #b950ea;
}
Background
.bg-b950ea {
  background-color: #b950ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b950ea {
  border: 2px solid #b950ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b950ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 80 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 79% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b950ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b950ea, #ea50ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b950ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 80 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.72 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.72 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.43 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.45 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.17 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.17 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.46 #46af15 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b950ea  rgb(185, 80, 234)  hsl(281, 79%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#81ea50  rgb(129, 234, 80)  hsl(101, 79%, 62%)  Lawn Green
#eab950  rgb(234, 185, 80)  hsl(41, 79%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#50eab9  rgb(80, 234, 185)  hsl(161, 79%, 62%)  Aquamarine