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#B95CED

#b95ced ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b95ced is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 36.08% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.94% cyan, 61.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 278.48°, with 80.11% saturation and 64.51% 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 5.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.43.

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Relative luminance0.2408

Complementary

  1. #b95ced
  2. #90ed5c

Split complementary

  1. #b95ced
  2. #d9ed5c
  3. #5ced70

Analogous

  1. #705ced
  2. #b95ced
  3. #ed5cd9

Triadic

  1. #b95ced
  2. #edb95c
  3. #5cedb9

Tetradic

  1. #b95ced
  2. #ed5c90
  3. #90ed5c
  4. #5cedb9

Square

  1. #b95ced
  2. #ed705c
  3. #90ed5c
  4. #5cd9ed

Monochromatic

  1. #6c129e
  2. #9b19e3
  3. #b95ced
  4. #d7a1f5
  5. #f4e6fc

Shades

#b95ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b95ced
  2. #a753d5
  3. #944abe
  4. #8240a6
  5. #6f378e
  6. #5d2e77
  7. #4a255f
  8. #381c47
  9. #25122f
  10. #130918
  11. #000000

Tints

#b95ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b95ced
  2. #c06cef
  3. #c77df1
  4. #ce8df2
  5. #d59df4
  6. #dcaef6
  7. #e3bef8
  8. #eacefa
  9. #f1defb
  10. #f8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b95ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b95ced
  2. #b360e2
  3. #ae63d7
  4. #a867cc
  5. #a26ac1
  6. #9d6eb7
  7. #9772ac
  8. #9175a1
  9. #8b7996
  10. #867c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d78b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1e82f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4f88ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3789c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c75f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8779eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b56ec2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b95ced {
  color: #b95ced;
}
Background
.bg-b95ced {
  background-color: #b95ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b95ced {
  border: 2px solid #b95ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b95ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 92 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 80% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b95ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b95ced, #ed5cd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b95ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 92 237 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.43 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.99 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.22 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.46 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.82 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.87 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.15 #46a312 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b95ced  rgb(185, 92, 237)  hsl(278, 80%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#90ed5c  rgb(144, 237, 92)  hsl(98, 80%, 65%)  Inchworm
#edb95c  rgb(237, 185, 92)  hsl(38, 80%, 65%)  Meat Brown
#5cedb9  rgb(92, 237, 185)  hsl(158, 80%, 65%)  Aquamarine