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#BB62EA

#bb62ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb62ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 38.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 58.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 279.26°, with 76.4% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.62.

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Relative luminance0.2524

Complementary

  1. #bb62ea
  2. #91ea62

Split complementary

  1. #bb62ea
  2. #d5ea62
  3. #62ea77

Analogous

  1. #7762ea
  2. #bb62ea
  3. #ea62d5

Triadic

  1. #bb62ea
  2. #eabb62
  3. #62eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb62ea
  2. #ea6291
  3. #91ea62
  4. #62eabb

Square

  1. #bb62ea
  2. #ea7762
  3. #91ea62
  4. #62d5ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6f159e
  2. #9e1fe1
  3. #bb62ea
  4. #d8a5f3
  5. #f5e9fc

Shades

#bb62ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb62ea
  2. #a858d3
  3. #964ebb
  4. #8345a4
  5. #703b8c
  6. #5e3175
  7. #4b275e
  8. #381d46
  9. #25142f
  10. #130a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb62ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb62ea
  2. #c272ec
  3. #c981ee
  4. #cf91f0
  5. #d6a1f2
  6. #ddb1f5
  7. #e4c0f7
  8. #ebd0f9
  9. #f1e0fb
  10. #f8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb62ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb62ea
  2. #b565df
  3. #af68d5
  4. #a96bca
  5. #a36ec0
  6. #9e71b5
  7. #9874aa
  8. #9277a0
  9. #8c7a95
  10. #867d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a07cb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3585ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #598ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b67a9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8179ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b7de8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b871c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb62ea {
  color: #bb62ea;
}
Background
.bg-bb62ea {
  background-color: #bb62ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb62ea {
  border: 2px solid #bb62ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb62ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 98 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb62ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb62ea, #ea62d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb62ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 98 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.62 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.00 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.13 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.74 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.07 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.94 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.25 #449d15 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bb62ea  rgb(187, 98, 234)  hsl(279, 76%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#91ea62  rgb(145, 234, 98)  hsl(99, 76%, 65%)  Inchworm
#eabb62  rgb(234, 187, 98)  hsl(39, 76%, 65%)  Meat Brown
#62eabb  rgb(98, 234, 187)  hsl(159, 76%, 65%)  Aquamarine