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#A853CA

#a853ca ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a853ca is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 32.55% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.83% cyan, 58.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 282.86°, with 52.89% saturation and 55.88% 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.69.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1878

Complementary

  1. #a853ca
  2. #75ca53

Split complementary

  1. #a853ca
  2. #b0ca53
  3. #53ca6c

Analogous

  1. #6c53ca
  2. #a853ca
  3. #ca53b0

Triadic

  1. #a853ca
  2. #caa853
  3. #53caa8

Tetradic

  1. #a853ca
  2. #ca5375
  3. #75ca53
  4. #53caa8

Square

  1. #a853ca
  2. #ca6c53
  3. #75ca53
  4. #53b0ca

Monochromatic

  1. #511f65
  2. #80319f
  3. #a853ca
  4. #c68ddc
  5. #e3c8ee

Shades

#a853ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a853ca
  2. #974bb6
  3. #8642a2
  4. #763a8d
  5. #653279
  6. #542a65
  7. #432151
  8. #32193d
  9. #221128
  10. #110814
  11. #000000

Tints

#a853ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a853ca
  2. #b164cf
  3. #b975d5
  4. #c287da
  5. #cb98df
  6. #d4a9e5
  7. #dcbaea
  8. #e5cbef
  9. #eeddf4
  10. #f6eefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a853ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a853ca
  2. #a458c3
  3. #a05cbb
  4. #9c61b4
  5. #9865ac
  6. #946aa5
  7. #906e9e
  8. #8c7396
  9. #88778f
  10. #847c87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e6b9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3073ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #527ac7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a66787 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7468cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d6dc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a760a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a853ca {
  color: #a853ca;
}
Background
.bg-a853ca {
  background-color: #a853ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a853ca {
  border: 2px solid #a853ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a853ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 83 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 283 53% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a853ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a853ca, #ca53b0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a853ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 83 202 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.69 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 5.31 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.37 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.84 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.91 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.26 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.25 #57ac35 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a853ca  rgb(168, 83, 202)  hsl(283, 53%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#75ca53  rgb(117, 202, 83)  hsl(103, 53%, 56%)  Mantis
#caa853  rgb(202, 168, 83)  hsl(43, 53%, 56%)  Metallic Gold
#53caa8  rgb(83, 202, 168)  hsl(163, 53%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine