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#AA5BD2

#aa5bd2 ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aa5bd2 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 35.69% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.05% cyan, 56.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 279.83°, with 56.94% 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 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.02.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2068

Complementary

  1. #aa5bd2
  2. #83d25b

Split complementary

  1. #aa5bd2
  2. #bfd25b
  3. #5bd26e

Analogous

  1. #6e5bd2
  2. #aa5bd2
  3. #d25bbf

Triadic

  1. #aa5bd2
  2. #d2aa5b
  3. #5bd2aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa5bd2
  2. #d25b83
  3. #83d25b
  4. #5bd2aa

Square

  1. #aa5bd2
  2. #d26e5b
  3. #83d25b
  4. #5bbfd2

Monochromatic

  1. #582074
  2. #8530b0
  3. #aa5bd2
  4. #c997e2
  5. #e8d3f3

Shades

#aa5bd2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa5bd2
  2. #9952bd
  3. #8849a8
  4. #774093
  5. #66377e
  6. #552e69
  7. #442454
  8. #331b3f
  9. #22122a
  10. #110915
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa5bd2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa5bd2
  2. #b36bd7
  3. #bb7cdb
  4. #c48ce0
  5. #cc9de4
  6. #d5ade9
  7. #ddbded
  8. #e6cef2
  9. #eedef6
  10. #f7effb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa5bd2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa5bd2
  2. #a65fca
  3. #a262c2
  4. #9d66b9
  5. #996ab1
  6. #956ea9
  7. #9171a1
  8. #8d7599
  9. #887990
  10. #847c88
  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 #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9171a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3879d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #557fcf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6708e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #776ed4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8073d0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a868ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa5bd2 {
  color: #aa5bd2;
}
Background
.bg-aa5bd2 {
  background-color: #aa5bd2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa5bd2 {
  border: 2px solid #aa5bd2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa5bd2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 91 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 57% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa5bd2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa5bd2, #d25bbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa5bd2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 91 210 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.02 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.08 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 7.40 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.50 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.30 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.46 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.87 #55a42d Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa5bd2  rgb(170, 91, 210)  hsl(280, 57%, 59%)  Medium Orchid
#83d25b  rgb(131, 210, 91)  hsl(100, 57%, 59%)  Pastel Green
#d2aa5b  rgb(210, 170, 91)  hsl(40, 57%, 59%)  Indian Yellow
#5bd2aa  rgb(91, 210, 170)  hsl(160, 57%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine