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#993ACA

#993aca ≈ Dark Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#993aca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 22.75% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.26% cyan, 71.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 279.58°, with 57.6% saturation and 50.98% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.51:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Orchid (#9932cc), ΔE 1.26.

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Web safe#9933cc
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Relative luminance0.1406

Complementary

  1. #993aca
  2. #6bca3a

Split complementary

  1. #993aca
  2. #b3ca3a
  3. #3aca51

Analogous

  1. #513aca
  2. #993aca
  3. #ca3ab3

Triadic

  1. #993aca
  2. #ca993a
  3. #3aca99

Tetradic

  1. #993aca
  2. #ca3a6b
  3. #6bca3a
  4. #3aca99

Square

  1. #993aca
  2. #ca513a
  3. #6bca3a
  4. #3ab3ca

Monochromatic

  1. #3f1754
  2. #6d2791
  3. #993aca
  4. #b876da
  5. #d7b3ea

Shades

#993aca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #993aca
  2. #8a34b6
  3. #7a2ea2
  4. #6b298d
  5. #5c2379
  6. #4d1d65
  7. #3d1751
  8. #2e113d
  9. #1f0c28
  10. #0f0614
  11. #000000

Tints

#993aca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #993aca
  2. #a34ecf
  3. #ad61d5
  4. #b875da
  5. #c289df
  6. #cc9de5
  7. #d6b0ea
  8. #e0c4ef
  9. #ebd8f4
  10. #f5ebfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#993aca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #993aca
  2. #9741c3
  3. #9448bb
  4. #924fb4
  5. #8f56ac
  6. #8d5da5
  7. #8a649e
  8. #886b96
  9. #85728f
  10. #837987
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #696969 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f5a99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0064ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #256bc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #935a7e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d56cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #685bc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #954fa2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-993aca {
  color: #993aca;
}
Background
.bg-993aca {
  background-color: #993aca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-993aca {
  border: 2px solid #993aca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #993aca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 58 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 58% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-993aca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #993aca, #ca3ab3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-993aca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 58 202 / 0.35);
}

#9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 1.26 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.13 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 5.69 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 6.40 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.00 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 7.85 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.27 #66c535 Inverted #696969 Grayscale 

Dark Orchid
#993aca  rgb(153, 58, 202)  hsl(280, 58%, 51%)  Dark Orchid
#6bca3a  rgb(107, 202, 58)  hsl(100, 58%, 51%)  Lime Green
#ca993a  rgb(202, 153, 58)  hsl(40, 58%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#3aca99  rgb(58, 202, 153)  hsl(160, 58%, 51%)  Caribbean Green