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#AA52ED

#aa52ed ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa52ed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 32.16% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.27% cyan, 65.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 274.06°, with 81.15% saturation and 62.55% 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 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.69.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.207

Complementary

  1. #aa52ed
  2. #95ed52

Split complementary

  1. #aa52ed
  2. #e3ed52
  3. #52ed5c

Analogous

  1. #5c52ed
  2. #aa52ed
  3. #ed52e3

Triadic

  1. #aa52ed
  2. #edaa52
  3. #52edaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa52ed
  2. #ed5295
  3. #95ed52
  4. #52edaa

Square

  1. #aa52ed
  2. #ed5c52
  3. #95ed52
  4. #52e3ed

Monochromatic

  1. #5c1096
  2. #8717dc
  3. #aa52ed
  4. #cc97f4
  5. #eeddfb

Shades

#aa52ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa52ed
  2. #994ad5
  3. #8842be
  4. #7739a6
  5. #66318e
  6. #552977
  7. #44215f
  8. #331947
  9. #22102f
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa52ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa52ed
  2. #b363ef
  3. #bb75f1
  4. #c486f2
  5. #cc97f4
  6. #d5a9f6
  7. #ddbaf8
  8. #e6cbfa
  9. #eedcfb
  10. #f7eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa52ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa52ed
  2. #a657e2
  3. #a25bd7
  4. #9d60cc
  5. #9964c1
  6. #9569b7
  7. #916eac
  8. #8d72a1
  9. #887796
  10. #847b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #916fb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2e7eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f7399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b6df0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #756feb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a467c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa52ed {
  color: #aa52ed;
}
Background
.bg-aa52ed {
  background-color: #aa52ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa52ed {
  border: 2px solid #aa52ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa52ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 82 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 81% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa52ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa52ed, #ed52e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa52ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 82 237 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.69 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.57 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.64 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.11 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.39 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.40 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.61 #55ad12 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa52ed  rgb(170, 82, 237)  hsl(274, 81%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#95ed52  rgb(149, 237, 82)  hsl(94, 81%, 63%)  Inchworm
#edaa52  rgb(237, 170, 82)  hsl(34, 81%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#52edaa  rgb(82, 237, 170)  hsl(154, 81%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green