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#A124E4

#a124e4 ≈ Dark Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#a124e4 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 14.12% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.39% cyan, 84.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 279.06°, with 78.05% saturation and 51.76% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Orchid (#9932cc), ΔE 3.26.

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Web safe#9933cc
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Relative luminance0.1444

Complementary

  1. #a124e4
  2. #67e424

Split complementary

  1. #a124e4
  2. #c7e424
  3. #24e441

Analogous

  1. #4124e4
  2. #a124e4
  3. #e424c7

Triadic

  1. #a124e4
  2. #e4a124
  3. #24e4a1

Tetradic

  1. #a124e4
  2. #e42467
  3. #67e424
  4. #24e4a1

Square

  1. #a124e4
  2. #e44124
  3. #67e424
  4. #24c7e4

Monochromatic

  1. #450c63
  2. #7415a7
  3. #a124e4
  4. #be68ec
  5. #dbacf5

Shades

#a124e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a124e4
  2. #9120cd
  3. #811db6
  4. #7119a0
  5. #611689
  6. #511272
  7. #400e5b
  8. #300b44
  9. #20072e
  10. #100417
  11. #000000

Tints

#a124e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a124e4
  2. #aa3ae7
  3. #b450e9
  4. #bd66ec
  5. #c77cef
  6. #d092f2
  7. #d9a7f4
  8. #e3bdf7
  9. #ecd3fa
  10. #f6e9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a124e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a124e4
  2. #9e2dda
  3. #9a36d0
  4. #9740c6
  5. #9449bc
  6. #9152b2
  7. #8d5ba8
  8. #8a649e
  9. #876e94
  10. #83778a
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8456a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0066e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006be0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #975a89 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5553e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6357e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b4ab5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a124e4 {
  color: #a124e4;
}
Background
.bg-a124e4 {
  background-color: #a124e4;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-a124e4 {
  border: 2px solid #a124e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a124e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 36 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 78% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a124e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a124e4, #e424c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a124e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 36 228 / 0.35);
}

#9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 3.26 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.34 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 3.72 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 4.79 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 4.82 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.69 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.64 #5edb1b Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

Dark Orchid
#a124e4  rgb(161, 36, 228)  hsl(279, 78%, 52%)  Dark Orchid
#67e424  rgb(103, 228, 36)  hsl(99, 78%, 52%)  Lawn Green
#e4a124  rgb(228, 161, 36)  hsl(39, 78%, 52%)  Marigold
#24e4a1  rgb(36, 228, 161)  hsl(159, 78%, 52%)  Medium Spring Green