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#AA4BDD

#aa4bdd ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa4bdd is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 29.41% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.08% cyan, 66.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 279.04°, with 68.22% saturation and 58.04% 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.81.

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Web safe#9933cc
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Relative luminance0.188

Complementary

  1. #aa4bdd
  2. #7edd4b

Split complementary

  1. #aa4bdd
  2. #c7dd4b
  3. #4bdd61

Analogous

  1. #614bdd
  2. #aa4bdd
  3. #dd4bc7

Triadic

  1. #aa4bdd
  2. #ddaa4b
  3. #4bddaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa4bdd
  2. #dd4b7e
  3. #7edd4b
  4. #4bddaa

Square

  1. #aa4bdd
  2. #dd614b
  3. #7edd4b
  4. #4bc7dd

Monochromatic

  1. #561778
  2. #8423b9
  3. #aa4bdd
  4. #c88be9
  5. #e7ccf5

Shades

#aa4bdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa4bdd
  2. #9944c7
  3. #883cb1
  4. #77359b
  5. #662d85
  6. #55266f
  7. #441e58
  8. #331742
  9. #220f2c
  10. #110816
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa4bdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa4bdd
  2. #b35de0
  3. #bb6fe4
  4. #c481e7
  5. #cc93eb
  6. #d5a5ee
  7. #ddb7f1
  8. #e6c9f5
  9. #eedbf8
  10. #f7edfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa4bdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa4bdd
  2. #a650d4
  3. #a256ca
  4. #9d5bc1
  5. #9960b8
  6. #9566af
  7. #916ba5
  8. #8d709c
  9. #887593
  10. #847b89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f69aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3b7ada ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4698e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d66e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #786adb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a65eb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa4bdd {
  color: #aa4bdd;
}
Background
.bg-aa4bdd {
  background-color: #aa4bdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa4bdd {
  border: 2px solid #aa4bdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa4bdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 75 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 68% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa4bdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa4bdd, #dd4bc7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa4bdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 75 221 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.81 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.17 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.68 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.94 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 7.69 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.57 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.15 #55b422 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa4bdd  rgb(170, 75, 221)  hsl(279, 68%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#7edd4b  rgb(126, 221, 75)  hsl(99, 68%, 58%)  Pastel Green
#ddaa4b  rgb(221, 170, 75)  hsl(39, 68%, 58%)  Indian Yellow
#4bddaa  rgb(75, 221, 170)  hsl(159, 68%, 58%)  Caribbean Green