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#A657CF

#a657cf ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a657cf is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 34.12% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.81% cyan, 57.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 279.5°, with 55.56% saturation and 57.65% 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 4.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.76.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1943

Complementary

  1. #a657cf
  2. #80cf57

Split complementary

  1. #a657cf
  2. #bccf57
  3. #57cf6a

Analogous

  1. #6a57cf
  2. #a657cf
  3. #cf57bc

Triadic

  1. #a657cf
  2. #cfa657
  3. #57cfa6

Tetradic

  1. #a657cf
  2. #cf5780
  3. #80cf57
  4. #57cfa6

Square

  1. #a657cf
  2. #cf6a57
  3. #80cf57
  4. #57bccf

Monochromatic

  1. #531f6e
  2. #8030a9
  3. #a657cf
  4. #c693e0
  5. #e5cef1

Shades

#a657cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a657cf
  2. #954eba
  3. #8546a6
  4. #743d91
  5. #64347c
  6. #532c68
  7. #422353
  8. #321a3e
  9. #211129
  10. #110915
  11. #000000

Tints

#a657cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a657cf
  2. #af68d4
  3. #b879d9
  4. #c189dd
  5. #ca9ae2
  6. #d3abe7
  7. #dbbcec
  8. #e4cdf1
  9. #edddf5
  10. #f6eefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a657cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a657cf
  2. #a25bc7
  3. #9e5fbf
  4. #9b63b7
  5. #9767af
  6. #936ca8
  7. #8f70a0
  8. #8b7498
  9. #887890
  10. #847c88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e6ea3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3176d3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #507ccc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a26c8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #736bd1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c6fcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a364aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a657cf {
  color: #a657cf;
}
Background
.bg-a657cf {
  background-color: #a657cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a657cf {
  border: 2px solid #a657cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a657cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 87 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 56% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a657cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a657cf, #cf57bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a657cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 87 207 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.76 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.33 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 6.30 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.01 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.47 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.01 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.44 #59a830 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a657cf  rgb(166, 87, 207)  hsl(280, 56%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#80cf57  rgb(128, 207, 87)  hsl(100, 56%, 58%)  Mantis
#cfa657  rgb(207, 166, 87)  hsl(40, 56%, 58%)  Indian Yellow
#57cfa6  rgb(87, 207, 166)  hsl(160, 56%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine