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#BE4AFA

#be4afa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#be4afa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 29.02% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24% cyan, 70.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 279.55°, with 94.62% saturation and 63.53% 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 5.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.7.

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Relative luminance0.2275

Complementary

  1. #be4afa
  2. #86fa4a

Split complementary

  1. #be4afa
  2. #defa4a
  3. #4afa66

Analogous

  1. #664afa
  2. #be4afa
  3. #fa4ade

Triadic

  1. #be4afa
  2. #fabe4a
  3. #4afabe

Tetradic

  1. #be4afa
  2. #fa4a86
  3. #86fa4a
  4. #4afabe

Square

  1. #be4afa
  2. #fa664a
  3. #86fa4a
  4. #4adefa

Monochromatic

  1. #6f05a6
  2. #a107f1
  3. #be4afa
  4. #d994fc
  5. #f3dffe

Shades

#be4afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be4afa
  2. #ab43e1
  3. #983bc8
  4. #8534af
  5. #722c96
  6. #5f257d
  7. #4c1e64
  8. #39164b
  9. #260f32
  10. #130719
  11. #000000

Tints

#be4afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be4afa
  2. #c55cfb
  3. #cb6efb
  4. #d280fc
  5. #d892fc
  6. #dfa5fd
  7. #e5b7fd
  8. #ecc9fe
  9. #f2dbfe
  10. #f9edff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be4afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be4afa
  2. #b84fee
  3. #b255e2
  4. #ab5ad5
  5. #a560c9
  6. #9f65bd
  7. #996ab1
  8. #9370a5
  9. #8c7598
  10. #867b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e71bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007eff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3185f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6719e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #756dfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8272f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ba63c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be4afa {
  color: #be4afa;
}
Background
.bg-be4afa {
  background-color: #be4afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be4afa {
  border: 2px solid #be4afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be4afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 74 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be4afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be4afa, #fa4ade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be4afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 74 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.70 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.03 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.07 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.52 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.52 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.39 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.54 #41b505 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#be4afa  rgb(190, 74, 250)  hsl(280, 95%, 64%)  Medium Orchid
#86fa4a  rgb(134, 250, 74)  hsl(100, 95%, 64%)  Lawn Green
#fabe4a  rgb(250, 190, 74)  hsl(40, 95%, 64%)  Amber
#4afabe  rgb(74, 250, 190)  hsl(160, 95%, 64%)  Aquamarine