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#BB52FA

#bb52fa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb52fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 32.16% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 67.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 277.5°, with 94.38% saturation and 65.1% 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 5.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.78.

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Relative luminance0.235

Complementary

  1. #bb52fa
  2. #91fa52

Split complementary

  1. #bb52fa
  2. #e5fa52
  3. #52fa67

Analogous

  1. #6752fa
  2. #bb52fa
  3. #fa52e5

Triadic

  1. #bb52fa
  2. #fabb52
  3. #52fabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb52fa
  2. #fa5291
  3. #91fa52
  4. #52fabb

Square

  1. #bb52fa
  2. #fa6752
  3. #91fa52
  4. #52e5fa

Monochromatic

  1. #6f05ae
  2. #9e08f8
  3. #bb52fa
  4. #d89cfc
  5. #f5e7fe

Shades

#bb52fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb52fa
  2. #a84ae1
  3. #9642c8
  4. #8339af
  5. #703196
  6. #5e297d
  7. #4b2164
  8. #38194b
  9. #251032
  10. #130819
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb52fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb52fa
  2. #c263fb
  3. #c975fb
  4. #cf86fc
  5. #d697fc
  6. #dda9fd
  7. #e4bafd
  8. #ebcbfe
  9. #f1dcfe
  10. #f8eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb52fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb52fa
  2. #b557ee
  3. #af5be2
  4. #a960d5
  5. #a364c9
  6. #9e69bd
  7. #986eb1
  8. #9272a5
  9. #8c7798
  10. #867b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e74bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0081ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3687f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b276a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7671fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8175f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b669ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb52fa {
  color: #bb52fa;
}
Background
.bg-bb52fa {
  background-color: #bb52fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb52fa {
  border: 2px solid #bb52fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb52fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 82 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 94% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb52fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb52fa, #fa52e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb52fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 82 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.78 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.16 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.48 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.44 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.85 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.95 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.95 #44ad05 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bb52fa  rgb(187, 82, 250)  hsl(278, 94%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#91fa52  rgb(145, 250, 82)  hsl(98, 94%, 65%)  Lawn Green
#fabb52  rgb(250, 187, 82)  hsl(38, 94%, 65%)  Pastel Orange
#52fabb  rgb(82, 250, 187)  hsl(158, 94%, 65%)  Aquamarine