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#AA4EE0

#aa4ee0 ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa4ee0 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 30.59% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.11% cyan, 65.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 277.81°, with 70.19% saturation and 59.22% 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 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.69.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1938

Complementary

  1. #aa4ee0
  2. #84e04e

Split complementary

  1. #aa4ee0
  2. #cde04e
  3. #4ee061

Analogous

  1. #614ee0
  2. #aa4ee0
  3. #e04ecd

Triadic

  1. #aa4ee0
  2. #e0aa4e
  3. #4ee0aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa4ee0
  2. #e04e84
  3. #84e04e
  4. #4ee0aa

Square

  1. #aa4ee0
  2. #e0614e
  3. #84e04e
  4. #4ecde0

Monochromatic

  1. #58167f
  2. #8522c0
  3. #aa4ee0
  4. #c98feb
  5. #e9d0f7

Shades

#aa4ee0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa4ee0
  2. #9946ca
  3. #883eb3
  4. #77379d
  5. #662f86
  6. #552770
  7. #441f5a
  8. #331743
  9. #22102d
  10. #110816
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa4ee0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa4ee0
  2. #b360e3
  3. #bb71e6
  4. #c483e9
  5. #cc95ec
  6. #d5a7f0
  7. #ddb8f3
  8. #e6caf6
  9. #eedcf9
  10. #f7edfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa4ee0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa4ee0
  2. #a653d6
  3. #a258cd
  4. #9d5dc3
  5. #9962ba
  6. #9567b0
  7. #916ca6
  8. #8d719d
  9. #887693
  10. #847b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #906bac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3b7bdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a36c91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d68e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #786cde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a661b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa4ee0 {
  color: #aa4ee0;
}
Background
.bg-aa4ee0 {
  background-color: #aa4ee0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa4ee0 {
  border: 2px solid #aa4ee0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa4ee0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 78 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 70% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa4ee0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa4ee0, #e04ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa4ee0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 78 224 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.69 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.31 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.39 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.66 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.23 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.94 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.94 #55b11f Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa4ee0  rgb(170, 78, 224)  hsl(278, 70%, 59%)  Medium Orchid
#84e04e  rgb(132, 224, 78)  hsl(98, 70%, 59%)  Inchworm
#e0aa4e  rgb(224, 170, 78)  hsl(38, 70%, 59%)  Indian Yellow
#4ee0aa  rgb(78, 224, 170)  hsl(158, 70%, 59%)  Caribbean Green