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#A653ED

#a653ed ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a653ed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 32.55% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.96% cyan, 64.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 272.34°, with 81.05% saturation and 62.75% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 6.22.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2041

Complementary

  1. #a653ed
  2. #9aed53

Split complementary

  1. #a653ed
  2. #e7ed53
  3. #53ed59

Analogous

  1. #5953ed
  2. #a653ed
  3. #ed53e7

Triadic

  1. #a653ed
  2. #eda653
  3. #53eda6

Tetradic

  1. #a653ed
  2. #ed539a
  3. #9aed53
  4. #53eda6

Square

  1. #a653ed
  2. #ed5953
  3. #9aed53
  4. #53e7ed

Monochromatic

  1. #591097
  2. #8117dc
  3. #a653ed
  4. #ca98f4
  5. #eedefb

Shades

#a653ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a653ed
  2. #954bd5
  3. #8542be
  4. #743aa6
  5. #64328e
  6. #532a77
  7. #42215f
  8. #321947
  9. #21112f
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#a653ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a653ed
  2. #af64ef
  3. #b875f1
  4. #c187f2
  5. #ca98f4
  6. #d3a9f6
  7. #dbbaf8
  8. #e4cbfa
  9. #edddfb
  10. #f6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a653ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a653ed
  2. #a258e2
  3. #9e5cd7
  4. #9b61cc
  5. #9765c1
  6. #936ab7
  7. #8f6eac
  8. #8b73a1
  9. #887796
  10. #847c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f6eb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007af2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #287dea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #997499 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #686df0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #716feb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f69c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a653ed {
  color: #a653ed;
}
Background
.bg-a653ed {
  background-color: #a653ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a653ed {
  border: 2px solid #a653ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a653ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 83 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 81% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a653ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a653ed, #ed53e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a653ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 83 237 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.22 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.39 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.91 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.78 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.98 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.22 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.23 #59ac12 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a653ed  rgb(166, 83, 237)  hsl(272, 81%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#9aed53  rgb(154, 237, 83)  hsl(92, 81%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eda653  rgb(237, 166, 83)  hsl(32, 81%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#53eda6  rgb(83, 237, 166)  hsl(152, 81%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green