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#BB46EA

#bb46ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb46ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 27.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 70.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 282.8°, with 79.61% saturation and 59.61% 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 5.18:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.19.

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Relative luminance0.2089

Complementary

  1. #bb46ea
  2. #75ea46

Split complementary

  1. #bb46ea
  2. #c7ea46
  3. #46ea69

Analogous

  1. #6946ea
  2. #bb46ea
  3. #ea46c7

Triadic

  1. #bb46ea
  2. #eabb46
  3. #46eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb46ea
  2. #ea4675
  3. #75ea46
  4. #46eabb

Square

  1. #bb46ea
  2. #ea6946
  3. #75ea46
  4. #46c7ea

Monochromatic

  1. #650f88
  2. #9817cc
  3. #bb46ea
  4. #d48bf2
  5. #eecffa

Shades

#bb46ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb46ea
  2. #a83fd3
  3. #9638bb
  4. #8331a4
  5. #702a8c
  6. #5e2375
  7. #4b1c5e
  8. #381546
  9. #250e2f
  10. #130717
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb46ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb46ea
  2. #c259ec
  3. #c96bee
  4. #cf7ef0
  5. #d690f2
  6. #dda3f5
  7. #e4b5f7
  8. #ebc8f9
  9. #f1dafb
  10. #f8edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb46ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb46ea
  2. #b54cdf
  3. #af52d5
  4. #a957ca
  5. #a35dc0
  6. #9e63b5
  7. #9869aa
  8. #926fa0
  9. #8c7495
  10. #867a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a6cb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0078ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e81e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b76894 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7667ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #836ee8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b85cbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb46ea {
  color: #bb46ea;
}
Background
.bg-bb46ea {
  background-color: #bb46ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb46ea {
  border: 2px solid #bb46ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb46ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 70 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 283 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb46ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb46ea, #ea46c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb46ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 70 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.19 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.29 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.38 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.43 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.66 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.10 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.12 #44b915 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bb46ea  rgb(187, 70, 234)  hsl(283, 80%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#75ea46  rgb(117, 234, 70)  hsl(103, 80%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#eabb46  rgb(234, 187, 70)  hsl(43, 80%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#46eabb  rgb(70, 234, 187)  hsl(163, 80%, 60%)  Aquamarine