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#A555CA

#a555ca ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a555ca is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 33.33% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.32% cyan, 57.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 281.03°, with 52.47% saturation and 56.27% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.08.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1876

Complementary

  1. #a555ca
  2. #7aca55

Split complementary

  1. #a555ca
  2. #b4ca55
  3. #55ca6a

Analogous

  1. #6a55ca
  2. #a555ca
  3. #ca55b4

Triadic

  1. #a555ca
  2. #caa555
  3. #55caa5

Tetradic

  1. #a555ca
  2. #ca557a
  3. #7aca55
  4. #55caa5

Square

  1. #a555ca
  2. #ca6a55
  3. #7aca55
  4. #55b4ca

Monochromatic

  1. #502066
  2. #7e32a0
  3. #a555ca
  4. #c48fdc
  5. #e3caee

Shades

#a555ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a555ca
  2. #954db6
  3. #8444a2
  4. #743c8d
  5. #633379
  6. #532b65
  7. #422251
  8. #321a3d
  9. #211128
  10. #110914
  11. #000000

Tints

#a555ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a555ca
  2. #ae66cf
  3. #b777d5
  4. #c088da
  5. #c999df
  6. #d2aae5
  7. #dbbbea
  8. #e4ccef
  9. #edddf4
  10. #f6eefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a555ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a555ca
  2. #a159c3
  3. #9e5ebb
  4. #9a62b4
  5. #9666ac
  6. #936ba5
  7. #8f6f9e
  8. #8b7396
  9. #87778f
  10. #847c87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c6c9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3274ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #517ac7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a26987 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7269cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b6dc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a362a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a555ca {
  color: #a555ca;
}
Background
.bg-a555ca {
  background-color: #a555ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a555ca {
  border: 2px solid #a555ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a555ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 85 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 52% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a555ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a555ca, #ca55b4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a555ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 85 202 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.08 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.79 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 5.33 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.92 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.71 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.20 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 9.85 #5aaa35 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a555ca  rgb(165, 85, 202)  hsl(281, 52%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#7aca55  rgb(122, 202, 85)  hsl(101, 52%, 56%)  Mantis
#caa555  rgb(202, 165, 85)  hsl(41, 52%, 56%)  Metallic Gold
#55caa5  rgb(85, 202, 165)  hsl(161, 52%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine