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#BB6AFA

#bb6afa ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb6afa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 41.57% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 57.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 273.75°, with 93.51% saturation and 69.8% 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 6.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 6.79.

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Relative luminance0.2777

Complementary

  1. #bb6afa
  2. #a9fa6a

Split complementary

  1. #bb6afa
  2. #f1fa6a
  3. #6afa73

Analogous

  1. #736afa
  2. #bb6afa
  3. #fa6af1

Triadic

  1. #bb6afa
  2. #fabb6a
  3. #6afabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb6afa
  2. #fa6aa9
  3. #a9fa6a
  4. #6afabb

Square

  1. #bb6afa
  2. #fa736a
  3. #a9fa6a
  4. #6af1fa

Monochromatic

  1. #7107c4
  2. #9920f8
  3. #bb6afa
  4. #ddb4fc
  5. #f6ebfe

Shades

#bb6afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb6afa
  2. #a85fe1
  3. #9655c8
  4. #834aaf
  5. #704096
  6. #5e357d
  7. #4b2a64
  8. #38204b
  9. #251532
  10. #130b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb6afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb6afa
  2. #c279fb
  3. #c988fb
  4. #cf97fc
  5. #d6a6fc
  6. #ddb5fd
  7. #e4c3fd
  8. #ebd2fe
  9. #f1e1fe
  10. #f8f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb6afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb6afa
  2. #b56cee
  3. #af6ee2
  4. #a971d5
  5. #a373c9
  6. #9e75bd
  7. #9877b1
  8. #9279a5
  9. #8c7c98
  10. #867e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a382c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #328dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5491f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b185a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8180fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8983f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b57bce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb6afa {
  color: #bb6afa;
}
Background
.bg-bb6afa {
  background-color: #bb6afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb6afa {
  border: 2px solid #bb6afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb6afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 106 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb6afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb6afa, #fa6af1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb6afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 106 250 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.79 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.82 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.61 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.95 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.48 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.92 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 11.21 #449505 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#bb6afa  rgb(187, 106, 250)  hsl(274, 94%, 70%)  Heliotrope
#a9fa6a  rgb(169, 250, 106)  hsl(94, 94%, 70%)  Inchworm
#fabb6a  rgb(250, 187, 106)  hsl(34, 94%, 70%)  Topaz
#6afabb  rgb(106, 250, 187)  hsl(154, 94%, 70%)  Aquamarine