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#BE49EA

#be49ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#be49ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 28.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.8% cyan, 68.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 283.6°, with 79.31% saturation and 60.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.76.

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Relative luminance0.2165

Complementary

  1. #be49ea
  2. #75ea49

Split complementary

  1. #be49ea
  2. #c6ea49
  3. #49ea6e

Analogous

  1. #6e49ea
  2. #be49ea
  3. #ea49c6

Triadic

  1. #be49ea
  2. #eabe49
  3. #49eabe

Tetradic

  1. #be49ea
  2. #ea4975
  3. #75ea49
  4. #49eabe

Square

  1. #be49ea
  2. #ea6e49
  3. #75ea49
  4. #49c6ea

Monochromatic

  1. #69108a
  2. #9d18cf
  3. #be49ea
  4. #d68ef2
  5. #efd2fa

Shades

#be49ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be49ea
  2. #ab42d3
  3. #983abb
  4. #8533a4
  5. #722c8c
  6. #5f2575
  7. #4c1d5e
  8. #391646
  9. #260f2f
  10. #130717
  11. #000000

Tints

#be49ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be49ea
  2. #c55bec
  3. #cb6dee
  4. #d280f0
  5. #d892f2
  6. #dfa4f5
  7. #e5b6f7
  8. #ecc8f9
  9. #f2dbfb
  10. #f9edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be49ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be49ea
  2. #b84fdf
  3. #b254d5
  4. #ab5aca
  5. #a55fc0
  6. #9f65b5
  7. #996aaa
  8. #9370a0
  9. #8c7595
  10. #867b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d6eb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007aef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4583e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb6a95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a69ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8770e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bc5ebd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be49ea {
  color: #be49ea;
}
Background
.bg-be49ea {
  background-color: #be49ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be49ea {
  border: 2px solid #be49ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be49ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 73 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be49ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be49ea, #ea49c6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be49ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 73 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.76 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.99 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.37 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.49 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.49 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.30 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.46 #41b615 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#be49ea  rgb(190, 73, 234)  hsl(284, 79%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#75ea49  rgb(117, 234, 73)  hsl(104, 79%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#eabe49  rgb(234, 190, 73)  hsl(44, 79%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#49eabe  rgb(73, 234, 190)  hsl(164, 79%, 60%)  Aquamarine