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#BB4BEA

#bb4bea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb4bea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 29.41% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 67.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 282.26°, with 79.1% saturation and 60.59% 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 5.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.2154

Complementary

  1. #bb4bea
  2. #7aea4b

Split complementary

  1. #bb4bea
  2. #caea4b
  3. #4bea6b

Analogous

  1. #6b4bea
  2. #bb4bea
  3. #ea4bca

Triadic

  1. #bb4bea
  2. #eabb4b
  3. #4beabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb4bea
  2. #ea4b7a
  3. #7aea4b
  4. #4beabb

Square

  1. #bb4bea
  2. #ea6b4b
  3. #7aea4b
  4. #4bcaea

Monochromatic

  1. #67108c
  2. #9a18d0
  3. #bb4bea
  4. #d590f2
  5. #efd4fa

Shades

#bb4bea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb4bea
  2. #a844d3
  3. #963cbb
  4. #8335a4
  5. #702d8c
  6. #5e2675
  7. #4b1e5e
  8. #381746
  9. #250f2f
  10. #130817
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb4bea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb4bea
  2. #c25dec
  3. #c96fee
  4. #cf81f0
  5. #d693f2
  6. #dda5f5
  7. #e4b7f7
  8. #ebc9f9
  9. #f1dbfb
  10. #f8edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb4bea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb4bea
  2. #b550df
  3. #af56d5
  4. #a95bca
  5. #a360c0
  6. #9e66b5
  7. #986baa
  8. #9270a0
  9. #8c7595
  10. #867b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b6eb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007aef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4383e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b76b95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #786aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8470e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b860bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb4bea {
  color: #bb4bea;
}
Background
.bg-bb4bea {
  background-color: #bb4bea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb4bea {
  border: 2px solid #bb4bea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb4bea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 75 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb4bea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb4bea, #ea4bca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb4bea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 75 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.81 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.04 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.97 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.94 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.94 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.12 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.16 #44b415 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bb4bea  rgb(187, 75, 234)  hsl(282, 79%, 61%)  Medium Orchid
#7aea4b  rgb(122, 234, 75)  hsl(102, 79%, 61%)  Lawn Green
#eabb4b  rgb(234, 187, 75)  hsl(42, 79%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#4beabb  rgb(75, 234, 187)  hsl(162, 79%, 61%)  Aquamarine