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#A950EC

#a950ec ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a950ec is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 31.37% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.39% cyan, 66.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 274.23°, with 80.41% saturation and 61.96% 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.81.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2023

Complementary

  1. #a950ec
  2. #93ec50

Split complementary

  1. #a950ec
  2. #e1ec50
  3. #50ec5b

Analogous

  1. #5b50ec
  2. #a950ec
  3. #ec50e1

Triadic

  1. #a950ec
  2. #eca950
  3. #50eca9

Tetradic

  1. #a950ec
  2. #ec5093
  3. #93ec50
  4. #50eca9

Square

  1. #a950ec
  2. #ec5b50
  3. #93ec50
  4. #50e1ec

Monochromatic

  1. #5b1093
  2. #8517d8
  3. #a950ec
  4. #cb95f3
  5. #eddafb

Shades

#a950ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a950ec
  2. #9848d4
  3. #8740bd
  4. #7638a5
  5. #65308e
  6. #552876
  7. #44205e
  8. #331847
  9. #22102f
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#a950ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a950ec
  2. #b262ee
  3. #ba73f0
  4. #c385f2
  5. #cb96f4
  6. #d4a8f6
  7. #ddb9f7
  8. #e5cbf9
  9. #eedcfb
  10. #f6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a950ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a950ec
  2. #a555e1
  3. #a15ad6
  4. #9d5ecc
  5. #9963c1
  6. #9568b6
  7. #906dab
  8. #8c72a0
  9. #887696
  10. #847b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #906db4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2a7de9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9e7298 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #696bef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #736eea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a366bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a950ec {
  color: #a950ec;
}
Background
.bg-a950ec {
  background-color: #a950ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a950ec {
  border: 2px solid #a950ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a950ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 80 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 80% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a950ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a950ec, #ec50e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a950ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 80 236 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.81 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.33 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.70 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.38 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.85 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.91 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.69 #56af13 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a950ec  rgb(169, 80, 236)  hsl(274, 80%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#93ec50  rgb(147, 236, 80)  hsl(94, 80%, 62%)  Inchworm
#eca950  rgb(236, 169, 80)  hsl(34, 80%, 62%)  Indian Yellow
#50eca9  rgb(80, 236, 169)  hsl(154, 80%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green