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#A451E9

#a451e9 ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a451e9 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 31.76% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.61% cyan, 65.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 272.76°, with 77.55% saturation and 61.57% 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 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 6.22.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1966

Complementary

  1. #a451e9
  2. #96e951

Split complementary

  1. #a451e9
  2. #e2e951
  3. #51e958

Analogous

  1. #5851e9
  2. #a451e9
  3. #e951e2

Triadic

  1. #a451e9
  2. #e9a451
  3. #51e9a4

Tetradic

  1. #a451e9
  2. #e95196
  3. #96e951
  4. #51e9a4

Square

  1. #a451e9
  2. #e95851
  3. #96e951
  4. #51e2e9

Monochromatic

  1. #56128f
  2. #7f1bd3
  3. #a451e9
  4. #c895f2
  5. #ebd9fa

Shades

#a451e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a451e9
  2. #9449d2
  3. #8341ba
  4. #7339a3
  5. #62318c
  6. #522975
  7. #42205d
  8. #311846
  9. #21102f
  10. #100817
  11. #000000

Tints

#a451e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a451e9
  2. #ad62eb
  3. #b674ed
  4. #bf85f0
  5. #c897f2
  6. #d2a8f4
  7. #dbb9f6
  8. #e4cbf8
  9. #eddcfb
  10. #f6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a451e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a451e9
  2. #a056df
  3. #9d5ad4
  4. #995fca
  5. #9664bf
  6. #9269b5
  7. #8e6daa
  8. #8b72a0
  9. #877795
  10. #847b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d6cb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0078ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #287be6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #987296 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #666bec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #706de7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9d66bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a451e9 {
  color: #a451e9;
}
Background
.bg-a451e9 {
  background-color: #a451e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a451e9 {
  border: 2px solid #a451e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a451e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 81 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a451e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a451e9, #e951e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a451e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 81 233 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.22 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.32 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.71 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.06 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.35 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.68 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.12 #5bae16 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a451e9  rgb(164, 81, 233)  hsl(273, 78%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#96e951  rgb(150, 233, 81)  hsl(93, 78%, 62%)  Inchworm
#e9a451  rgb(233, 164, 81)  hsl(33, 78%, 62%)  Indian Yellow
#51e9a4  rgb(81, 233, 164)  hsl(153, 78%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green