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#A94DE3

#a94de3 ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a94de3 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 30.2% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.55% cyan, 66.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 276.8°, with 72.82% saturation and 59.61% 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 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.19.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1929

Complementary

  1. #a94de3
  2. #87e34d

Split complementary

  1. #a94de3
  2. #d2e34d
  3. #4de35e

Analogous

  1. #5e4de3
  2. #a94de3
  3. #e34dd2

Triadic

  1. #a94de3
  2. #e3a94d
  3. #4de3a9

Tetradic

  1. #a94de3
  2. #e34d87
  3. #87e34d
  4. #4de3a9

Square

  1. #a94de3
  2. #e35e4d
  3. #87e34d
  4. #4dd2e3

Monochromatic

  1. #581582
  2. #851fc5
  3. #a94de3
  4. #c98fed
  5. #e9d1f8

Shades

#a94de3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a94de3
  2. #9845cc
  3. #873eb6
  4. #76369f
  5. #652e88
  6. #552772
  7. #441f5b
  8. #331744
  9. #220f2d
  10. #110817
  11. #000000

Tints

#a94de3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a94de3
  2. #b25fe6
  3. #ba71e9
  4. #c382eb
  5. #cb94ee
  6. #d4a6f1
  7. #ddb8f4
  8. #e5caf7
  9. #eedbf9
  10. #f6edfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a94de3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a94de3
  2. #a552d9
  3. #a157cf
  4. #9d5cc5
  5. #9961bb
  6. #9567b2
  7. #906ca8
  8. #8c719e
  9. #887694
  10. #847b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f6aae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #347be0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a16c92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b68e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #756be1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a461b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a94de3 {
  color: #a94de3;
}
Background
.bg-a94de3 {
  background-color: #a94de3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a94de3 {
  border: 2px solid #a94de3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a94de3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 77 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 73% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a94de3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a94de3, #e34dd2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a94de3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 77 227 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.19 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.11 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.56 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.58 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.54 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.59 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.99 #56b21c Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a94de3  rgb(169, 77, 227)  hsl(277, 73%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#87e34d  rgb(135, 227, 77)  hsl(97, 73%, 60%)  Inchworm
#e3a94d  rgb(227, 169, 77)  hsl(37, 73%, 60%)  Indian Yellow
#4de3a9  rgb(77, 227, 169)  hsl(157, 73%, 60%)  Caribbean Green