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#BB65EA

#bb65ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb65ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 39.61% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 56.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 278.8°, with 76% saturation and 65.69% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.04.

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Relative luminance0.2581

Complementary

  1. #bb65ea
  2. #94ea65

Split complementary

  1. #bb65ea
  2. #d6ea65
  3. #65ea79

Analogous

  1. #7965ea
  2. #bb65ea
  3. #ea65d6

Triadic

  1. #bb65ea
  2. #eabb65
  3. #65eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb65ea
  2. #ea6594
  3. #94ea65
  4. #65eabb

Square

  1. #bb65ea
  2. #ea7965
  3. #94ea65
  4. #65d6ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6f16a0
  2. #9d22e1
  3. #bb65ea
  4. #d9a8f3
  5. #f6ecfc

Shades

#bb65ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb65ea
  2. #a85bd3
  3. #9651bb
  4. #8347a4
  5. #703d8c
  6. #5e3375
  7. #4b285e
  8. #381e46
  9. #25142f
  10. #130a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb65ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb65ea
  2. #c274ec
  3. #c984ee
  4. #cf93f0
  5. #d6a3f2
  6. #ddb2f5
  7. #e4c1f7
  8. #ebd1f9
  9. #f1e0fb
  10. #f8f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb65ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb65ea
  2. #b568df
  3. #af6ad5
  4. #a96dca
  5. #a370c0
  6. #9e73b5
  7. #9875aa
  8. #9278a0
  9. #8c7b95
  10. #867d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a07eb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3b87ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c8de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b67d9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #837bed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8c7fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b874c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb65ea {
  color: #bb65ea;
}
Background
.bg-bb65ea {
  background-color: #bb65ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb65ea {
  border: 2px solid #bb65ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb65ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 101 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb65ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb65ea, #ea65d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb65ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 101 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.04 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.54 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.05 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.35 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.90 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.65 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.51 #449a15 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bb65ea  rgb(187, 101, 234)  hsl(279, 76%, 66%)  Medium Orchid
#94ea65  rgb(148, 234, 101)  hsl(99, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#eabb65  rgb(234, 187, 101)  hsl(39, 76%, 66%)  Topaz
#65eabb  rgb(101, 234, 187)  hsl(159, 76%, 66%)  Aquamarine