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#B960EA

#b960ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b960ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 37.65% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.94% cyan, 58.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 278.7°, with 76.67% saturation and 64.71% 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 5.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.41.

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Relative luminance0.2462

Complementary

  1. #b960ea
  2. #91ea60

Split complementary

  1. #b960ea
  2. #d6ea60
  3. #60ea74

Analogous

  1. #7460ea
  2. #b960ea
  3. #ea60d6

Triadic

  1. #b960ea
  2. #eab960
  3. #60eab9

Tetradic

  1. #b960ea
  2. #ea6091
  3. #91ea60
  4. #60eab9

Square

  1. #b960ea
  2. #ea7460
  3. #91ea60
  4. #60d6ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6c159c
  2. #9b1ee0
  3. #b960ea
  4. #d7a4f3
  5. #f5e7fc

Shades

#b960ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b960ea
  2. #a756d3
  3. #944dbb
  4. #8243a4
  5. #6f3a8c
  6. #5d3075
  7. #4a265e
  8. #381d46
  9. #25132f
  10. #130a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#b960ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b960ea
  2. #c070ec
  3. #c780ee
  4. #ce90f0
  5. #d5a0f2
  6. #dcb0f5
  7. #e3bff7
  8. #eacff9
  9. #f1dffb
  10. #f8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b960ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b960ea
  2. #b363df
  3. #ae66d5
  4. #a86aca
  5. #a26dc0
  6. #9d70b5
  7. #9773aa
  8. #9176a0
  9. #8b7a95
  10. #867d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e7ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2f84ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #558ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3799c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f77ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #897be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b670c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b960ea {
  color: #b960ea;
}
Background
.bg-b960ea {
  background-color: #b960ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b960ea {
  border: 2px solid #b960ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b960ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 96 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 77% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b960ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b960ea, #ea60d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b960ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 96 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.41 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.73 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.58 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.91 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.31 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.48 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.73 #469f15 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b960ea  rgb(185, 96, 234)  hsl(279, 77%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#91ea60  rgb(145, 234, 96)  hsl(99, 77%, 65%)  Inchworm
#eab960  rgb(234, 185, 96)  hsl(39, 77%, 65%)  Meat Brown
#60eab9  rgb(96, 234, 185)  hsl(159, 77%, 65%)  Aquamarine