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#BD66EA

#bd66ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bd66ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.23% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 279.55°, with 75.86% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.2.

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Web safe#cc66ff
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Relative luminance0.2626

Complementary

  1. #bd66ea
  2. #93ea66

Split complementary

  1. #bd66ea
  2. #d5ea66
  3. #66ea7b

Analogous

  1. #7b66ea
  2. #bd66ea
  3. #ea66d5

Triadic

  1. #bd66ea
  2. #eabd66
  3. #66eabd

Tetradic

  1. #bd66ea
  2. #ea6693
  3. #93ea66
  4. #66eabd

Square

  1. #bd66ea
  2. #ea7b66
  3. #93ea66
  4. #66d5ea

Monochromatic

  1. #7216a1
  2. #a023e1
  3. #bd66ea
  4. #daa9f3
  5. #f7edfc

Shades

#bd66ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bd66ea
  2. #aa5cd3
  3. #9752bb
  4. #8447a4
  5. #713d8c
  6. #5f3375
  7. #4c295e
  8. #391f46
  9. #26142f
  10. #130a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bd66ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bd66ea
  2. #c475ec
  3. #ca85ee
  4. #d194f0
  5. #d7a3f2
  6. #deb3f5
  7. #e5c2f7
  8. #ebd1f9
  9. #f2e0fb
  10. #f8f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bd66ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bd66ea
  2. #b769df
  3. #b16bd5
  4. #ab6eca
  5. #a570c0
  6. #9f73b5
  7. #9876aa
  8. #9278a0
  9. #8c7b95
  10. #867d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a27fb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3e88ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f8ee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b87d9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #857bed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e80e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ba75c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bd66ea {
  color: #bd66ea;
}
Background
.bg-bd66ea {
  background-color: #bd66ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bd66ea {
  border: 2px solid #bd66ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bd66ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bd66ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bd66ea, #ea66d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bd66ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.20 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.31 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.92 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.36 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.19 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.23 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.31 #429915 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#bd66ea  rgb(189, 102, 234)  hsl(280, 76%, 66%)  Medium Orchid
#93ea66  rgb(147, 234, 102)  hsl(100, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#eabd66  rgb(234, 189, 102)  hsl(40, 76%, 66%)  Meat Brown
#66eabd  rgb(102, 234, 189)  hsl(160, 76%, 66%)  Aquamarine