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#B95AED

#b95aed ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b95aed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 35.29% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.94% cyan, 62.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 278.78°, 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 5.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.3.

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Web safe#cc66ff
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Relative luminance0.2374

Complementary

  1. #b95aed
  2. #8eed5a

Split complementary

  1. #b95aed
  2. #d7ed5a
  3. #5aed70

Analogous

  1. #705aed
  2. #b95aed
  3. #ed5ad7

Triadic

  1. #b95aed
  2. #edb95a
  3. #5aedb9

Tetradic

  1. #b95aed
  2. #ed5a8e
  3. #8eed5a
  4. #5aedb9

Square

  1. #b95aed
  2. #ed705a
  3. #8eed5a
  4. #5ad7ed

Monochromatic

  1. #6b119d
  2. #9b19e2
  3. #b95aed
  4. #d69ff5
  5. #f4e4fc

Shades

#b95aed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b95aed
  2. #a751d5
  3. #9448be
  4. #823fa6
  5. #6f368e
  6. #5d2d77
  7. #4a245f
  8. #381b47
  9. #25122f
  10. #130918
  11. #000000

Tints

#b95aed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b95aed
  2. #c06bef
  3. #c77bf1
  4. #ce8cf2
  5. #d59cf4
  6. #dcadf6
  7. #e3bdf8
  8. #eacefa
  9. #f1defb
  10. #f8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b95aed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b95aed
  2. #b35ee2
  3. #ae62d7
  4. #a865cc
  5. #a269c1
  6. #9d6db7
  7. #9771ac
  8. #9175a1
  9. #8b7896
  10. #867c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d77b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1681f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4c88ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3769c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b73f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8678eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b56cc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b95aed {
  color: #b95aed;
}
Background
.bg-b95aed {
  background-color: #b95aed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b95aed {
  border: 2px solid #b95aed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b95aed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 90 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 80% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b95aed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b95aed, #ed5ad7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b95aed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 90 237 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.30 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.05 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.40 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.48 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.83 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.12 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.23 #46a512 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b95aed  rgb(185, 90, 237)  hsl(279, 80%, 64%)  Medium Orchid
#8eed5a  rgb(142, 237, 90)  hsl(99, 80%, 64%)  Inchworm
#edb95a  rgb(237, 185, 90)  hsl(39, 80%, 64%)  Meat Brown
#5aedb9  rgb(90, 237, 185)  hsl(159, 80%, 64%)  Aquamarine