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#AA52DB

#aa52db ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa52db is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 32.16% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.37% cyan, 62.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 278.54°, with 65.55% saturation and 59.02% 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 4.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.94.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.197

Complementary

  1. #aa52db
  2. #83db52

Split complementary

  1. #aa52db
  2. #c8db52
  3. #52db66

Analogous

  1. #6652db
  2. #aa52db
  3. #db52c8

Triadic

  1. #aa52db
  2. #dbaa52
  3. #52dbaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa52db
  2. #db5283
  3. #83db52
  4. #52dbaa

Square

  1. #aa52db
  2. #db6652
  3. #83db52
  4. #52c8db

Monochromatic

  1. #58197b
  2. #8527ba
  3. #aa52db
  4. #c991e8
  5. #e8d1f5

Shades

#aa52db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa52db
  2. #994ac5
  3. #8842af
  4. #773999
  5. #663183
  6. #55296e
  7. #442158
  8. #331942
  9. #22102c
  10. #110816
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa52db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa52db
  2. #b363df
  3. #bb75e2
  4. #c486e6
  5. #cc97e9
  6. #d5a9ed
  7. #ddbaf1
  8. #e6cbf4
  9. #eedcf8
  10. #f7eefb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa52db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa52db
  2. #a657d2
  3. #a25bc9
  4. #9d60c0
  5. #9964b7
  6. #9569ae
  7. #916ea4
  8. #8d729b
  9. #887792
  10. #847b89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #906daa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0f76df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #457cd8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a46d8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #716ade ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a6ed9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a663b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa52db {
  color: #aa52db;
}
Background
.bg-aa52db {
  background-color: #aa52db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa52db {
  border: 2px solid #aa52db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa52db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 82 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 66% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa52db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa52db, #db52c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa52db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 82 219 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.94 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.54 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.28 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 7.74 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.15 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.45 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.92 #55ad24 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa52db  rgb(170, 82, 219)  hsl(279, 66%, 59%)  Medium Orchid
#83db52  rgb(131, 219, 82)  hsl(99, 66%, 59%)  Pastel Green
#dbaa52  rgb(219, 170, 82)  hsl(39, 66%, 59%)  Indian Yellow
#52dbaa  rgb(82, 219, 170)  hsl(159, 66%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine