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#A552EB

#a552eb ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a552eb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 32.16% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.79% cyan, 65.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 272.55°, with 79.27% saturation and 62.16% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 6.2.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2003

Complementary

  1. #a552eb
  2. #98eb52

Split complementary

  1. #a552eb
  2. #e4eb52
  3. #52eb59

Analogous

  1. #5952eb
  2. #a552eb
  3. #eb52e4

Triadic

  1. #a552eb
  2. #eba552
  3. #52eba5

Tetradic

  1. #a552eb
  2. #eb5298
  3. #98eb52
  4. #52eba5

Square

  1. #a552eb
  2. #eb5952
  3. #98eb52
  4. #52e4eb

Monochromatic

  1. #581193
  2. #8019d8
  3. #a552eb
  4. #c997f3
  5. #ecdbfb

Shades

#a552eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a552eb
  2. #954ad4
  3. #8442bc
  4. #7439a5
  5. #63318d
  6. #532976
  7. #42215e
  8. #321947
  9. #21102f
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#a552eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a552eb
  2. #ae63ed
  3. #b775ef
  4. #c086f1
  5. #c997f3
  6. #d2a9f5
  7. #dbbaf7
  8. #e4cbf9
  9. #eddcfb
  10. #f6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a552eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a552eb
  2. #a157e0
  3. #9e5bd6
  4. #9a60cb
  5. #9664c0
  6. #9369b6
  7. #8f6eab
  8. #8b72a0
  9. #877795
  10. #847b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e6db3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #287ce8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #997398 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #676cee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #706ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e67bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a552eb {
  color: #a552eb;
}
Background
.bg-a552eb {
  background-color: #a552eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a552eb {
  border: 2px solid #a552eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a552eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 82 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 79% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a552eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a552eb, #eb52e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a552eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 82 235 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.20 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.34 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.79 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.90 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.79 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.94 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.04 #5aad14 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a552eb  rgb(165, 82, 235)  hsl(273, 79%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#98eb52  rgb(152, 235, 82)  hsl(93, 79%, 62%)  Inchworm
#eba552  rgb(235, 165, 82)  hsl(33, 79%, 62%)  Indian Yellow
#52eba5  rgb(82, 235, 165)  hsl(153, 79%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green