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#A855FA

#a855fa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a855fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 33.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.8% cyan, 66% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 270.18°, with 94.29% saturation and 65.69% 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 5.34:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 7.32.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2172

Complementary

  1. #a855fa
  2. #a7fa55

Split complementary

  1. #a855fa
  2. #fafa55
  3. #55fa56

Analogous

  1. #5655fa
  2. #a855fa
  3. #fa55fa

Triadic

  1. #a855fa
  2. #faa855
  3. #55faa8

Tetradic

  1. #a855fa
  2. #fa55a7
  3. #a7fa55
  4. #55faa8

Square

  1. #a855fa
  2. #fa5655
  3. #a7fa55
  4. #55fafa

Monochromatic

  1. #5c05b1
  2. #820bf8
  3. #a855fa
  4. #ce9ffc
  5. #f4eafe

Shades

#a855fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a855fa
  2. #974de1
  3. #8644c8
  4. #763caf
  5. #653396
  6. #542b7d
  7. #432264
  8. #321a4b
  9. #221132
  10. #110919
  11. #000000

Tints

#a855fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a855fa
  2. #b166fb
  3. #b977fb
  4. #c288fc
  5. #cb99fc
  6. #d4aafd
  7. #dcbbfd
  8. #e5ccfe
  9. #eeddfe
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a855fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a855fa
  2. #a459ee
  3. #a05ee2
  4. #9c62d5
  5. #9866c9
  6. #946bbd
  7. #906fb1
  8. #8c73a5
  9. #887798
  10. #847c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9271be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0d80f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #987aa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6670fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f71f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f6dcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a855fa {
  color: #a855fa;
}
Background
.bg-a855fa {
  background-color: #a855fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a855fa {
  border: 2px solid #a855fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a855fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 85 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a855fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a855fa, #fa55fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a855fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 85 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.32 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.38 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.46 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.85 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.68 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.98 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.98 #57aa05 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a855fa  rgb(168, 85, 250)  hsl(270, 94%, 66%)  Medium Orchid
#a7fa55  rgb(167, 250, 85)  hsl(90, 94%, 66%)  Green Yellow
#faa855  rgb(250, 168, 85)  hsl(30, 94%, 66%)  Neon Carrot
#55faa8  rgb(85, 250, 168)  hsl(150, 94%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green