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#BB50EA

#bb50ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb50ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 31.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 65.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 281.69°, with 78.57% saturation and 61.57% 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 5.45:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.59.

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Relative luminance0.2224

Complementary

  1. #bb50ea
  2. #7fea50

Split complementary

  1. #bb50ea
  2. #ccea50
  3. #50ea6e

Analogous

  1. #6e50ea
  2. #bb50ea
  3. #ea50cc

Triadic

  1. #bb50ea
  2. #eabb50
  3. #50eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb50ea
  2. #ea507f
  3. #7fea50
  4. #50eabb

Square

  1. #bb50ea
  2. #ea6e50
  3. #7fea50
  4. #50ccea

Monochromatic

  1. #691190
  2. #9b19d4
  3. #bb50ea
  4. #d694f2
  5. #f0d9fa

Shades

#bb50ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb50ea
  2. #a848d3
  3. #9640bb
  4. #8338a4
  5. #70308c
  6. #5e2875
  7. #4b205e
  8. #381846
  9. #25102f
  10. #130817
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb50ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb50ea
  2. #c262ec
  3. #c973ee
  4. #cf85f0
  5. #d696f2
  6. #dda8f5
  7. #e4b9f7
  8. #ebcbf9
  9. #f1dcfb
  10. #f8eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb50ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb50ea
  2. #b555df
  3. #af5ad5
  4. #a95eca
  5. #a363c0
  6. #9e68b5
  7. #986daa
  8. #9272a0
  9. #8c7695
  10. #867b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c71b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4884e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b76e97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a6ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8673e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b864be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb50ea {
  color: #bb50ea;
}
Background
.bg-bb50ea {
  background-color: #bb50ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb50ea {
  border: 2px solid #bb50ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb50ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 80 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 79% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb50ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb50ea, #ea50cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb50ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 80 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.59 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.86 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.61 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.64 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.84 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.84 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.40 #44af15 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bb50ea  rgb(187, 80, 234)  hsl(282, 79%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#7fea50  rgb(127, 234, 80)  hsl(102, 79%, 62%)  Lawn Green
#eabb50  rgb(234, 187, 80)  hsl(42, 79%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#50eabb  rgb(80, 234, 187)  hsl(162, 79%, 62%)  Aquamarine