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#A94DE5

#a94de5 ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a94de5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.2% cyan, 66.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 276.32°, with 74.51% saturation and 60% 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 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.36.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.194

Complementary

  1. #a94de5
  2. #89e54d

Split complementary

  1. #a94de5
  2. #d5e54d
  3. #4de55d

Analogous

  1. #5d4de5
  2. #a94de5
  3. #e54dd5

Triadic

  1. #a94de5
  2. #e5a94d
  3. #4de5a9

Tetradic

  1. #a94de5
  2. #e54d89
  3. #89e54d
  4. #4de5a9

Square

  1. #a94de5
  2. #e55d4d
  3. #89e54d
  4. #4dd5e5

Monochromatic

  1. #591386
  2. #851dc8
  3. #a94de5
  4. #c990ef
  5. #ead2f9

Shades

#a94de5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a94de5
  2. #9845ce
  3. #873eb7
  4. #7636a0
  5. #652e89
  6. #552773
  7. #441f5c
  8. #331745
  9. #220f2e
  10. #110817
  11. #000000

Tints

#a94de5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a94de5
  2. #b25fe8
  3. #ba71ea
  4. #c382ed
  5. #cb94ef
  6. #d4a6f2
  7. #ddb8f5
  8. #e5caf7
  9. #eedbfa
  10. #f6edfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a94de5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a94de5
  2. #a552db
  3. #a157d1
  4. #9d5cc7
  5. #9961bd
  6. #9567b3
  7. #906ca8
  8. #8c719e
  9. #887694
  10. #847b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f6baf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #317be2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a06d93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a68e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #756ce3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a462ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a94de5 {
  color: #a94de5;
}
Background
.bg-a94de5 {
  background-color: #a94de5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a94de5 {
  border: 2px solid #a94de5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a94de5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 77 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 75% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a94de5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a94de5, #e54dd5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a94de5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 77 229 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.36 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.03 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.66 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.73 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.48 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.87 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.94 #56b21a Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a94de5  rgb(169, 77, 229)  hsl(276, 75%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#89e54d  rgb(137, 229, 77)  hsl(96, 75%, 60%)  Inchworm
#e5a94d  rgb(229, 169, 77)  hsl(36, 75%, 60%)  Indian Yellow
#4de5a9  rgb(77, 229, 169)  hsl(156, 75%, 60%)  Caribbean Green