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#aa4ddc ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa4ddc is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 30.2% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.73% cyan, 65% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 279.02°, with 67.14% saturation and 58.24% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.51.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1902

Complementary

  1. #aa4ddc
  2. #7fdc4d

Split complementary

  1. #aa4ddc
  2. #c7dc4d
  3. #4ddc63

Analogous

  1. #634ddc
  2. #aa4ddc
  3. #dc4dc7

Triadic

  1. #aa4ddc
  2. #dcaa4d
  3. #4ddcaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa4ddc
  2. #dc4d7f
  3. #7fdc4d
  4. #4ddcaa

Square

  1. #aa4ddc
  2. #dc634d
  3. #7fdc4d
  4. #4dc7dc

Monochromatic

  1. #571878
  2. #8524b8
  3. #aa4ddc
  4. #c98de9
  5. #e7cdf5

Shades

#aa4ddc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa4ddc
  2. #9945c6
  3. #883eb0
  4. #77369a
  5. #662e84
  6. #55276e
  7. #441f58
  8. #331742
  9. #220f2c
  10. #110816
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa4ddc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa4ddc
  2. #b35fe0
  3. #bb71e3
  4. #c482e7
  5. #cc94ea
  6. #d5a6ee
  7. #ddb8f1
  8. #e6caf5
  9. #eedbf8
  10. #f7edfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa4ddc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa4ddc
  2. #a652d3
  3. #a257ca
  4. #9d5cc0
  5. #9961b7
  6. #9567ae
  7. #916ca5
  8. #8d719c
  9. #887692
  10. #847b89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f6aaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e7bd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a46a8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e67df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #796bda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a65fb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa4ddc {
  color: #aa4ddc;
}
Background
.bg-aa4ddc {
  background-color: #aa4ddc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa4ddc {
  border: 2px solid #aa4ddc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa4ddc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 77 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 67% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa4ddc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa4ddc, #dc4dc7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa4ddc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 77 220 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.51 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.35 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.49 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.24 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 7.62 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.97 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.25 #55b223 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa4ddc  rgb(170, 77, 220)  hsl(279, 67%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#7fdc4d  rgb(127, 220, 77)  hsl(99, 67%, 58%)  Pastel Green
#dcaa4d  rgb(220, 170, 77)  hsl(39, 67%, 58%)  Indian Yellow
#4ddcaa  rgb(77, 220, 170)  hsl(159, 67%, 58%)  Caribbean Green