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#A556CE

#a556ce ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a556ce is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 33.73% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.9% cyan, 58.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 279.5°, with 55.05% saturation and 57.25% 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 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1911

Complementary

  1. #a556ce
  2. #7fce56

Split complementary

  1. #a556ce
  2. #bbce56
  3. #56ce69

Analogous

  1. #6956ce
  2. #a556ce
  3. #ce56bb

Triadic

  1. #a556ce
  2. #cea556
  3. #56cea5

Tetradic

  1. #a556ce
  2. #ce567f
  3. #7fce56
  4. #56cea5

Square

  1. #a556ce
  2. #ce6956
  3. #7fce56
  4. #56bbce

Monochromatic

  1. #521f6c
  2. #7f30a7
  3. #a556ce
  4. #c591df
  5. #e4cdf0

Shades

#a556ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a556ce
  2. #954db9
  3. #8445a5
  4. #743c90
  5. #63347c
  6. #532b67
  7. #422252
  8. #321a3e
  9. #211129
  10. #110915
  11. #000000

Tints

#a556ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a556ce
  2. #ae67d3
  3. #b778d8
  4. #c089dd
  5. #c99ae2
  6. #d2abe7
  7. #dbbbeb
  8. #e4ccf0
  9. #edddf5
  10. #f6eefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a556ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a556ce
  2. #a15ac6
  3. #9e5ebe
  4. #9a63b7
  5. #9667af
  6. #936ba7
  7. #8f6f9f
  8. #8b7397
  9. #877890
  10. #847c88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d6da2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2f75d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4f7bcb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a16b8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #726ad0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b6ecc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a264a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a556ce {
  color: #a556ce;
}
Background
.bg-a556ce {
  background-color: #a556ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a556ce {
  border: 2px solid #a556ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a556ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 86 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 55% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a556ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a556ce, #ce56bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a556ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 86 206 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.00 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.46 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 6.01 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.12 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.19 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.96 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.14 #5aa931 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a556ce  rgb(165, 86, 206)  hsl(280, 55%, 57%)  Medium Orchid
#7fce56  rgb(127, 206, 86)  hsl(100, 55%, 57%)  Mantis
#cea556  rgb(206, 165, 86)  hsl(40, 55%, 57%)  Indian Yellow
#56cea5  rgb(86, 206, 165)  hsl(160, 55%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine