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#B656FA

#b656fa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b656fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 33.73% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.2% cyan, 65.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 275.12°, with 94.25% saturation and 65.88% 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 5.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 6.11.

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Relative luminance0.235

Complementary

  1. #b656fa
  2. #9afa56

Split complementary

  1. #b656fa
  2. #ecfa56
  3. #56fa64

Analogous

  1. #6456fa
  2. #b656fa
  3. #fa56ec

Triadic

  1. #b656fa
  2. #fab656
  3. #56fab6

Tetradic

  1. #b656fa
  2. #fa569a
  3. #9afa56
  4. #56fab6

Square

  1. #b656fa
  2. #fa6456
  3. #9afa56
  4. #56ecfa

Monochromatic

  1. #6a05b2
  2. #960cf8
  3. #b656fa
  4. #d6a0fc
  5. #f6ebfe

Shades

#b656fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b656fa
  2. #a44de1
  3. #9245c8
  4. #7f3caf
  5. #6d3496
  6. #5b2b7d
  7. #492264
  8. #371a4b
  9. #241132
  10. #120919
  11. #000000

Tints

#b656fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b656fa
  2. #bd67fb
  3. #c578fb
  4. #cc89fc
  5. #d39afc
  6. #dbabfd
  7. #e2bbfd
  8. #e9ccfe
  9. #f0ddfe
  10. #f8eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b656fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b656fa
  2. #b15aee
  3. #ab5ee2
  4. #a663d5
  5. #a067c9
  6. #9b6bbd
  7. #966fb1
  8. #9073a5
  9. #8b7898
  10. #857c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b75bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0082ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3486f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ab79a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7373fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e76f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b06dcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b656fa {
  color: #b656fa;
}
Background
.bg-b656fa {
  background-color: #b656fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b656fa {
  border: 2px solid #b656fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b656fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 86 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b656fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b656fa, #fa56ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b656fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 86 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.11 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.65 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.96 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.63 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.05 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.19 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.70 #49a905 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#b656fa  rgb(182, 86, 250)  hsl(275, 94%, 66%)  Medium Orchid
#9afa56  rgb(154, 250, 86)  hsl(95, 94%, 66%)  Lawn Green
#fab656  rgb(250, 182, 86)  hsl(35, 94%, 66%)  Pastel Orange
#56fab6  rgb(86, 250, 182)  hsl(155, 94%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green