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#A953EC

#a953ec ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a953ec is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 32.55% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.39% cyan, 64.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 273.73°, with 80.1% saturation and 62.55% 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 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.69.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2068

Complementary

  1. #a953ec
  2. #96ec53

Split complementary

  1. #a953ec
  2. #e2ec53
  3. #53ec5d

Analogous

  1. #5d53ec
  2. #a953ec
  3. #ec53e2

Triadic

  1. #a953ec
  2. #eca953
  3. #53eca9

Tetradic

  1. #a953ec
  2. #ec5396
  3. #96ec53
  4. #53eca9

Square

  1. #a953ec
  2. #ec5d53
  3. #96ec53
  4. #53e2ec

Monochromatic

  1. #5b1195
  2. #8518da
  3. #a953ec
  4. #cb98f4
  5. #eeddfb

Shades

#a953ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a953ec
  2. #984bd4
  3. #8742bd
  4. #763aa5
  5. #65328e
  6. #552a76
  7. #44215e
  8. #331947
  9. #22112f
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#a953ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a953ec
  2. #b264ee
  3. #ba75f0
  4. #c387f2
  5. #cb98f4
  6. #d4a9f6
  7. #ddbaf7
  8. #e5cbf9
  9. #eeddfb
  10. #f6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a953ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a953ec
  2. #a558e1
  3. #a15cd6
  4. #9d61cc
  5. #9965c1
  6. #956ab6
  7. #906eab
  8. #8c73a0
  9. #887796
  10. #847c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #916fb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2f7ee9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9e7499 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b6def ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #746fea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a268c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a953ec {
  color: #a953ec;
}
Background
.bg-a953ec {
  background-color: #a953ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a953ec {
  border: 2px solid #a953ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a953ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 83 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 80% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a953ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a953ec, #ec53e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a953ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 83 236 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.69 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.36 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.84 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.90 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.39 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.44 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.50 #56ac13 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#a953ec  rgb(169, 83, 236)  hsl(274, 80%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#96ec53  rgb(150, 236, 83)  hsl(94, 80%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eca953  rgb(236, 169, 83)  hsl(34, 80%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#53eca9  rgb(83, 236, 169)  hsl(154, 80%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green