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#AA51EC

#aa51ec ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa51ec is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 31.76% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.97% cyan, 65.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 274.45°, with 80.31% saturation and 62.16% 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 5.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.62.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2049

Complementary

  1. #aa51ec
  2. #93ec51

Split complementary

  1. #aa51ec
  2. #e1ec51
  3. #51ec5d

Analogous

  1. #5d51ec
  2. #aa51ec
  3. #ec51e1

Triadic

  1. #aa51ec
  2. #ecaa51
  3. #51ecaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa51ec
  2. #ec5193
  3. #93ec51
  4. #51ecaa

Square

  1. #aa51ec
  2. #ec5d51
  3. #93ec51
  4. #51e1ec

Monochromatic

  1. #5c1094
  2. #8718d9
  3. #aa51ec
  4. #cc96f4
  5. #eddbfb

Shades

#aa51ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa51ec
  2. #9949d4
  3. #8841bd
  4. #7739a5
  5. #66318e
  6. #552976
  7. #44205e
  8. #331847
  9. #22102f
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa51ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa51ec
  2. #b362ee
  3. #bb74f0
  4. #c485f2
  5. #cc97f4
  6. #d5a8f6
  7. #ddb9f7
  8. #e6cbf9
  9. #eedcfb
  10. #f7eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa51ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa51ec
  2. #a656e1
  3. #a25ad6
  4. #9d5fcc
  5. #9964c1
  6. #9569b6
  7. #916dab
  8. #8d72a0
  9. #887796
  10. #847b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #916eb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007af1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2e7ee9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f7298 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b6cef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #756fea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a466bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa51ec {
  color: #aa51ec;
}
Background
.bg-aa51ec {
  background-color: #aa51ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa51ec {
  border: 2px solid #aa51ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa51ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 81 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 80% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa51ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa51ec, #ec51e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa51ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 81 236 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.62 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.47 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.60 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.26 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.12 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.21 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.74 #55ae13 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa51ec  rgb(170, 81, 236)  hsl(274, 80%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#93ec51  rgb(147, 236, 81)  hsl(94, 80%, 62%)  Inchworm
#ecaa51  rgb(236, 170, 81)  hsl(34, 80%, 62%)  Indian Yellow
#51ecaa  rgb(81, 236, 170)  hsl(154, 80%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green