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#B055EE

#b055ee ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b055ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 33.33% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.05% cyan, 64.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 275.69°, with 81.82% saturation and 63.33% 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 5.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.01.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.219

Complementary

  1. #b055ee
  2. #93ee55

Split complementary

  1. #b055ee
  2. #dfee55
  3. #55ee63

Analogous

  1. #6355ee
  2. #b055ee
  3. #ee55df

Triadic

  1. #b055ee
  2. #eeb055
  3. #55eeb0

Tetradic

  1. #b055ee
  2. #ee5593
  3. #93ee55
  4. #55eeb0

Square

  1. #b055ee
  2. #ee6355
  3. #93ee55
  4. #55dfee

Monochromatic

  1. #620f9b
  2. #8e16e0
  3. #b055ee
  4. #d09bf5
  5. #f1e0fc

Shades

#b055ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b055ee
  2. #9e4dd6
  3. #8d44be
  4. #7b3ca7
  5. #6a338f
  6. #582b77
  7. #46225f
  8. #351a47
  9. #231130
  10. #120918
  11. #000000

Tints

#b055ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b055ee
  2. #b866f0
  3. #c077f1
  4. #c888f3
  5. #d099f5
  6. #d8aaf7
  7. #dfbbf8
  8. #e7ccfa
  9. #efddfc
  10. #f7eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b055ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b055ee
  2. #ab59e3
  3. #a65ed8
  4. #a262cd
  5. #9d66c2
  6. #986bb7
  7. #936fac
  8. #8e73a1
  9. #8a7796
  10. #857c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9672b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007df3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a82eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7759a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #716ff1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b73ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab69c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b055ee {
  color: #b055ee;
}
Background
.bg-b055ee {
  background-color: #b055ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b055ee {
  border: 2px solid #b055ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b055ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 85 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 82% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b055ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b055ee, #ee55df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b055ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 85 238 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.01 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.63 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.18 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.06 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.24 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.35 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.61 #4faa11 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b055ee  rgb(176, 85, 238)  hsl(276, 82%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#93ee55  rgb(147, 238, 85)  hsl(96, 82%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eeb055  rgb(238, 176, 85)  hsl(36, 82%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#55eeb0  rgb(85, 238, 176)  hsl(156, 82%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green