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#BB60EA

#bb60ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb60ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 37.65% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 58.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 279.57°, with 76.67% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.36.

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Relative luminance0.2487

Complementary

  1. #bb60ea
  2. #8fea60

Split complementary

  1. #bb60ea
  2. #d4ea60
  3. #60ea76

Analogous

  1. #7660ea
  2. #bb60ea
  3. #ea60d4

Triadic

  1. #bb60ea
  2. #eabb60
  3. #60eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb60ea
  2. #ea608f
  3. #8fea60
  4. #60eabb

Square

  1. #bb60ea
  2. #ea7660
  3. #8fea60
  4. #60d4ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6e159c
  2. #9e1ee0
  3. #bb60ea
  4. #d8a4f3
  5. #f5e7fc

Shades

#bb60ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb60ea
  2. #a856d3
  3. #964dbb
  4. #8343a4
  5. #703a8c
  6. #5e3075
  7. #4b265e
  8. #381d46
  9. #25132f
  10. #130a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb60ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb60ea
  2. #c270ec
  3. #c980ee
  4. #cf90f0
  5. #d6a0f2
  6. #ddb0f5
  7. #e4bff7
  8. #ebcff9
  9. #f1dffb
  10. #f8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb60ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb60ea
  2. #b563df
  3. #af66d5
  4. #a96aca
  5. #a36dc0
  6. #9e70b5
  7. #9873aa
  8. #9276a0
  9. #8c7a95
  10. #867d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f7ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3184ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #578be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6799c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8077ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a7ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b870c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb60ea {
  color: #bb60ea;
}
Background
.bg-bb60ea {
  background-color: #bb60ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb60ea {
  border: 2px solid #bb60ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb60ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 96 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 77% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb60ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb60ea, #ea60d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb60ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 96 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.36 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.99 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.51 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.01 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.20 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.15 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.84 #449f15 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bb60ea  rgb(187, 96, 234)  hsl(280, 77%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#8fea60  rgb(143, 234, 96)  hsl(100, 77%, 65%)  Inchworm
#eabb60  rgb(234, 187, 96)  hsl(40, 77%, 65%)  Meat Brown
#60eabb  rgb(96, 234, 187)  hsl(160, 77%, 65%)  Aquamarine