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#AA51CF

#aa51cf ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aa51cf is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 31.76% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.87% cyan, 60.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 282.38°, with 56.76% saturation and 56.47% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.5.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1894

Complementary

  1. #aa51cf
  2. #76cf51

Split complementary

  1. #aa51cf
  2. #b5cf51
  3. #51cf6b

Analogous

  1. #6b51cf
  2. #aa51cf
  3. #cf51b5

Triadic

  1. #aa51cf
  2. #cfaa51
  3. #51cfaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa51cf
  2. #cf5176
  3. #76cf51
  4. #51cfaa

Square

  1. #aa51cf
  2. #cf6b51
  3. #76cf51
  4. #51b5cf

Monochromatic

  1. #531d6a
  2. #832ea6
  3. #aa51cf
  4. #c78de0
  5. #e5c9f0

Shades

#aa51cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa51cf
  2. #9949ba
  3. #8841a6
  4. #773991
  5. #66317c
  6. #552968
  7. #442053
  8. #33183e
  9. #221029
  10. #110815
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa51cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa51cf
  2. #b362d4
  3. #bb74d9
  4. #c485dd
  5. #cc97e2
  6. #d5a8e7
  7. #ddb9ec
  8. #e6cbf1
  9. #eedcf5
  10. #f7eefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa51cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa51cf
  2. #a656c7
  3. #a25abf
  4. #9d5fb7
  5. #9964af
  6. #9569a8
  7. #916da0
  8. #8d7298
  9. #887790
  10. #847b88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f6ba2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2773d3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e7bcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a76889 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7367d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d6ccd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a85fa9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa51cf {
  color: #aa51cf;
}
Background
.bg-aa51cf {
  background-color: #aa51cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa51cf {
  border: 2px solid #aa51cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa51cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 81 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 57% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa51cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa51cf, #cf51b5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa51cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 81 207 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.50 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.68 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 5.98 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.65 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.13 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.33 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.58 #55ae30 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa51cf  rgb(170, 81, 207)  hsl(282, 57%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#76cf51  rgb(118, 207, 81)  hsl(102, 57%, 56%)  Mantis
#cfaa51  rgb(207, 170, 81)  hsl(42, 57%, 56%)  Metallic Gold
#51cfaa  rgb(81, 207, 170)  hsl(162, 57%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine