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#BB50FA

#bb50fa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb50fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 31.37% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 68% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 277.76°, with 94.44% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.77.

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Relative luminance0.232

Complementary

  1. #bb50fa
  2. #8ffa50

Split complementary

  1. #bb50fa
  2. #e4fa50
  3. #50fa66

Analogous

  1. #6650fa
  2. #bb50fa
  3. #fa50e4

Triadic

  1. #bb50fa
  2. #fabb50
  3. #50fabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb50fa
  2. #fa508f
  3. #8ffa50
  4. #50fabb

Square

  1. #bb50fa
  2. #fa6650
  3. #8ffa50
  4. #50e4fa

Monochromatic

  1. #6e05ac
  2. #9e07f6
  3. #bb50fa
  4. #d89afc
  5. #f5e5fe

Shades

#bb50fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb50fa
  2. #a848e1
  3. #9640c8
  4. #8338af
  5. #703096
  6. #5e287d
  7. #4b2064
  8. #38184b
  9. #251032
  10. #130819
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb50fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb50fa
  2. #c262fb
  3. #c973fb
  4. #cf85fc
  5. #d696fc
  6. #dda8fd
  7. #e4b9fd
  8. #ebcbfe
  9. #f1dcfe
  10. #f8eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb50fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb50fa
  2. #b555ee
  3. #af5ae2
  4. #a95ed5
  5. #a363c9
  6. #9e68bd
  7. #986db1
  8. #9272a5
  9. #8c7698
  10. #867b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d73bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0080ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3386f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2759f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7570fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8174f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b668ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb50fa {
  color: #bb50fa;
}
Background
.bg-bb50fa {
  background-color: #bb50fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb50fa {
  border: 2px solid #bb50fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb50fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 80 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 94% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb50fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb50fa, #fa50e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb50fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 80 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.77 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.81 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.56 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.62 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.95 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.95 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.13 #44af05 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bb50fa  rgb(187, 80, 250)  hsl(278, 94%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#8ffa50  rgb(143, 250, 80)  hsl(98, 94%, 65%)  Lawn Green
#fabb50  rgb(250, 187, 80)  hsl(38, 94%, 65%)  Pastel Orange
#50fabb  rgb(80, 250, 187)  hsl(158, 94%, 65%)  Aquamarine