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#AA59EA

#aa59ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa59ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 273.52°, with 77.54% saturation and 63.33% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.27.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2163

Complementary

  1. #aa59ea
  2. #99ea59

Split complementary

  1. #aa59ea
  2. #e1ea59
  3. #59ea61

Analogous

  1. #6159ea
  2. #aa59ea
  3. #ea59e1

Triadic

  1. #aa59ea
  2. #eaaa59
  3. #59eaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa59ea
  2. #ea5999
  3. #99ea59
  4. #59eaaa

Square

  1. #aa59ea
  2. #ea6159
  3. #99ea59
  4. #59e1ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5d1397
  2. #861cdb
  3. #aa59ea
  4. #cd9df3
  5. #f0e1fb

Shades

#aa59ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa59ea
  2. #9950d3
  3. #8847bb
  4. #773ea4
  5. #66358c
  6. #552d75
  7. #44245e
  8. #331b46
  9. #22122f
  10. #110917
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa59ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa59ea
  2. #b36aec
  3. #bb7aee
  4. #c48bf0
  5. #cc9bf2
  6. #d5acf5
  7. #ddbdf7
  8. #e6cdf9
  9. #eedefb
  10. #f7eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa59ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa59ea
  2. #a65ddf
  3. #a261d5
  4. #9d65ca
  5. #9969c0
  6. #956db5
  7. #9170aa
  8. #8d74a0
  9. #887895
  10. #847c8b
  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 #9372b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007def ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3d81e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0779a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f71ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7873e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a46cbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa59ea {
  color: #aa59ea;
}
Background
.bg-aa59ea {
  background-color: #aa59ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa59ea {
  border: 2px solid #aa59ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa59ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa59ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa59ea, #ea59e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa59ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.27 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.62 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.00 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.96 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.28 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.98 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.41 #55a615 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa59ea  rgb(170, 89, 234)  hsl(274, 78%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#99ea59  rgb(153, 234, 89)  hsl(94, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eaaa59  rgb(234, 170, 89)  hsl(34, 78%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#59eaaa  rgb(89, 234, 170)  hsl(154, 78%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green