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#A025DD

#a025dd ≈ Dark Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a025dd is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 14.51% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.6% cyan, 83.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 280.11°, with 73.02% saturation and 50.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.52:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Orchid (#9932cc), ΔE 2.43.

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Web safe#9933cc
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Relative luminance0.1402

Complementary

  1. #a025dd
  2. #62dd25

Split complementary

  1. #a025dd
  2. #bedd25
  3. #25dd44

Analogous

  1. #4425dd
  2. #a025dd
  3. #dd25be

Triadic

  1. #a025dd
  2. #dda025
  3. #25dda0

Tetradic

  1. #a025dd
  2. #dd2562
  3. #62dd25
  4. #25dda0

Square

  1. #a025dd
  2. #dd4425
  3. #62dd25
  4. #25bedd

Monochromatic

  1. #410e5b
  2. #71189d
  3. #a025dd
  4. #bd67e7
  5. #daa9f2

Shades

#a025dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a025dd
  2. #9021c7
  3. #801eb1
  4. #701a9b
  5. #601685
  6. #50136f
  7. #400f58
  8. #300b42
  9. #20072c
  10. #100416
  11. #000000

Tints

#a025dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a025dd
  2. #aa3be0
  3. #b351e4
  4. #bd66e7
  5. #c67ceb
  6. #d092ee
  7. #d9a8f1
  8. #e3bef5
  9. #ecd3f8
  10. #f6e9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a025dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a025dd
  2. #9d2ed4
  3. #9a37ca
  4. #9640c1
  5. #9349b8
  6. #9053af
  7. #8d5ca5
  8. #8a659c
  9. #866e93
  10. #837789
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #696969 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8255a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0064e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006ad9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #975785 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5751e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6457db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b48af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a025dd {
  color: #a025dd;
}
Background
.bg-a025dd {
  background-color: #a025dd;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-a025dd {
  border: 2px solid #a025dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a025dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 37 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 73% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a025dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a025dd, #dd25be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a025dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 37 221 / 0.35);
}

#9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 2.43 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 3.74 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.14 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 4.27 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.31 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.35 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.86 #5fda22 Inverted #696969 Grayscale 

Dark Orchid
#a025dd  rgb(160, 37, 221)  hsl(280, 73%, 51%)  Dark Orchid
#62dd25  rgb(98, 221, 37)  hsl(100, 73%, 51%)  Lime Green
#dda025  rgb(221, 160, 37)  hsl(40, 73%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#25dda0  rgb(37, 221, 160)  hsl(160, 73%, 51%)  Caribbean Green