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#A355CB

#a355cb ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a355cb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 33.33% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.7% cyan, 58.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 279.66°, with 53.15% saturation and 56.47% 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.46.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.186

Complementary

  1. #a355cb
  2. #7dcb55

Split complementary

  1. #a355cb
  2. #b8cb55
  3. #55cb68

Analogous

  1. #6855cb
  2. #a355cb
  3. #cb55b8

Triadic

  1. #a355cb
  2. #cba355
  3. #55cba3

Tetradic

  1. #a355cb
  2. #cb557d
  3. #7dcb55
  4. #55cba3

Square

  1. #a355cb
  2. #cb6855
  3. #7dcb55
  4. #55b8cb

Monochromatic

  1. #4f2067
  2. #7c32a2
  3. #a355cb
  4. #c390dd
  5. #e2caef

Shades

#a355cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a355cb
  2. #934db7
  3. #8244a2
  4. #723c8e
  5. #62337a
  6. #522b66
  7. #412251
  8. #311a3d
  9. #211129
  10. #100914
  11. #000000

Tints

#a355cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a355cb
  2. #ac66d0
  3. #b577d5
  4. #bf88db
  5. #c899e0
  6. #d1aae5
  7. #dabbea
  8. #e3ccef
  9. #edddf5
  10. #f6eefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a355cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a355cb
  2. #a059c4
  3. #9c5ebc
  4. #9962b5
  5. #9566ad
  6. #926ba6
  7. #8e6f9e
  8. #8b7397
  9. #87778f
  10. #847c88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b6ba0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3073cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e79c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f6a88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7169cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #796dc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a162a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a355cb {
  color: #a355cb;
}
Background
.bg-a355cb {
  background-color: #a355cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a355cb {
  border: 2px solid #a355cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a355cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 85 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 53% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a355cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a355cb, #cb55b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a355cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 85 203 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.46 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.64 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 5.40 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.69 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.49 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.13 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 9.56 #5caa34 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a355cb  rgb(163, 85, 203)  hsl(280, 53%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#7dcb55  rgb(125, 203, 85)  hsl(100, 53%, 56%)  Mantis
#cba355  rgb(203, 163, 85)  hsl(40, 53%, 56%)  Indian Yellow
#55cba3  rgb(85, 203, 163)  hsl(160, 53%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine