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#A150CA

#a150ca ≈ Purpureus

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a150ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 31.37% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.3% cyan, 60.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 279.84°, with 53.51% saturation and 55.29% 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 4.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purpureus (#9a4eae), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1758

Complementary

  1. #a150ca
  2. #79ca50

Split complementary

  1. #a150ca
  2. #b6ca50
  3. #50ca64

Analogous

  1. #6450ca
  2. #a150ca
  3. #ca50b6

Triadic

  1. #a150ca
  2. #caa150
  3. #50caa1

Tetradic

  1. #a150ca
  2. #ca5079
  3. #79ca50
  4. #50caa1

Square

  1. #a150ca
  2. #ca6450
  3. #79ca50
  4. #50b6ca

Monochromatic

  1. #4c1e63
  2. #79309e
  3. #a150ca
  4. #c18bdc
  5. #e0c5ee

Shades

#a150ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a150ca
  2. #9148b6
  3. #8140a2
  4. #71388d
  5. #613079
  6. #512865
  7. #402051
  8. #30183d
  9. #201028
  10. #100814
  11. #000000

Tints

#a150ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a150ca
  2. #aa62cf
  3. #b473d5
  4. #bd85da
  5. #c796df
  6. #d0a8e5
  7. #d9b9ea
  8. #e3cbef
  9. #ecdcf4
  10. #f6eefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a150ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a150ca
  2. #9e55c3
  3. #9a5abb
  4. #975eb4
  5. #9463ac
  6. #9168a5
  7. #8d6d9e
  8. #8a7296
  9. #87768f
  10. #837b87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #747474 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88689e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2470ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4876c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9d6686 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d65cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7669c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e5ea5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a150ca {
  color: #a150ca;
}
Background
.bg-a150ca {
  background-color: #a150ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-a150ca {
  border: 2px solid #a150ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a150ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 80 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a150ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a150ca, #ca50b6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a150ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 80 202 / 0.35);
}

#9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 4.86 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.36 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.67 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.35 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.65 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 8.91 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.36 #5eaf35 Inverted #747474 Grayscale 

Purpureus
#a150ca  rgb(161, 80, 202)  hsl(280, 54%, 55%)  Purpureus
#79ca50  rgb(121, 202, 80)  hsl(100, 54%, 55%)  Mantis
#caa150  rgb(202, 161, 80)  hsl(40, 54%, 55%)  Indian Yellow
#50caa1  rgb(80, 202, 161)  hsl(160, 54%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine