#B95DAD colour

#B95DAD: RGB 185, 93, 173, HSL 308, 40%, 55%. Black text passes AA (5.23:1), white passes AA for large text (4.01:1). Tints, shades and palettes.

#B95DAD

Nearest CSS name: mediumorchid #ba55d3 (not an exact match)
Described as: a muted magenta
Red, green, blue: 185, 93, 173
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.2116 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#b95dad`
RGB	`rgb(185, 93, 173)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(72.5% 36.5% 67.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(307.8, 39.7%, 54.5%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(307.8, 49.7%, 72.5%)`
HWB	`hwb(307.8 36.5% 27.5%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 50%, 6%, 27%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(53.14% 45.79 -26)`
OKLCH	`oklch(61.56% 0.1545 332.38)`
Decimal	`12148141`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 4.01:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 5.23:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	4.01:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail
Black	5.23:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #B95DAD (5.23:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#bf6cb4 18%#c67abc 27%#cc89c3 36%#d298cb 45%#d9a7d2 55%#dfb5da 64%#e6c4e1 73%#ecd3e9 82%#f2e2f0 91%#f9f0f8

9%#a8559d 18%#974c8e 27%#87447e 36%#763b6e 45%#65335e 55%#542a4f 64%#43223f 73%#32192f 82%#22111f 91%#110810

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#b95dad #5db969

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#975db9 #b95dad #b95d7f

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#b95dad #adb95d #5dadb9

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#b95dad #7fb95d #5db997

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#b95dad #b9975d #5db969 #5d7fb9

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#b95dad Protanopia#5b77b0 Deuteranopia#7584aa Tritanopia#c0637d Achromatopsia#7f7f7f

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #b95dad;`
Background	`background-color: #b95dad;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #b95dad;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(185 93 173 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #b95dad;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b95dad, #6f3868);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #d59ece, #b95dad);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #b95dad; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #B95DAD to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.