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#BC50EA

#bc50ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bc50ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 31.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.66% cyan, 65.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 282.08°, with 78.57% saturation and 61.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.53.

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Relative luminance0.2237

Complementary

  1. #bc50ea
  2. #7eea50

Split complementary

  1. #bc50ea
  2. #cbea50
  3. #50ea6f

Analogous

  1. #6f50ea
  2. #bc50ea
  3. #ea50cb

Triadic

  1. #bc50ea
  2. #eabc50
  3. #50eabc

Tetradic

  1. #bc50ea
  2. #ea507e
  3. #7eea50
  4. #50eabc

Square

  1. #bc50ea
  2. #ea6f50
  3. #7eea50
  4. #50cbea

Monochromatic

  1. #6a1190
  2. #9c19d4
  3. #bc50ea
  4. #d694f2
  5. #f0d9fa

Shades

#bc50ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc50ea
  2. #a948d3
  3. #9640bb
  4. #8438a4
  5. #71308c
  6. #5e2875
  7. #4b205e
  8. #381846
  9. #26102f
  10. #130817
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc50ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc50ea
  2. #c362ec
  3. #c973ee
  4. #d085f0
  5. #d796f2
  6. #dea8f5
  7. #e4b9f7
  8. #ebcbf9
  9. #f2dcfb
  10. #f8eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc50ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc50ea
  2. #b655df
  3. #b05ad5
  4. #aa5eca
  5. #a463c0
  6. #9e68b5
  7. #986daa
  8. #9272a0
  9. #8c7695
  10. #867b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d71b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4985e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b86e97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b6ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8773e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b963be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc50ea {
  color: #bc50ea;
}
Background
.bg-bc50ea {
  background-color: #bc50ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc50ea {
  border: 2px solid #bc50ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc50ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 80 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 79% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc50ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc50ea, #ea50cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc50ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 80 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.53 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.93 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.71 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.67 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.67 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.73 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.26 #43af15 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bc50ea  rgb(188, 80, 234)  hsl(282, 79%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#7eea50  rgb(126, 234, 80)  hsl(102, 79%, 62%)  Lawn Green
#eabc50  rgb(234, 188, 80)  hsl(42, 79%, 62%)  Meat Brown
#50eabc  rgb(80, 234, 188)  hsl(162, 79%, 62%)  Aquamarine