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#AA5CD7

#aa5cd7 ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aa5cd7 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 36.08% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.93% cyan, 57.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 278.05°, with 60.59% saturation and 60.2% 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 5.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.36.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2111

Complementary

  1. #aa5cd7
  2. #89d75c

Split complementary

  1. #aa5cd7
  2. #c7d75c
  3. #5cd76d

Analogous

  1. #6d5cd7
  2. #aa5cd7
  3. #d75cc7

Triadic

  1. #aa5cd7
  2. #d7aa5c
  3. #5cd7aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa5cd7
  2. #d75c89
  3. #89d75c
  4. #5cd7aa

Square

  1. #aa5cd7
  2. #d76d5c
  3. #89d75c
  4. #5cc7d7

Monochromatic

  1. #5a1e7c
  2. #862db9
  3. #aa5cd7
  4. #ca99e6
  5. #ead7f5

Shades

#aa5cd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa5cd7
  2. #9953c2
  3. #884aac
  4. #774097
  5. #663781
  6. #552e6c
  7. #442556
  8. #331c41
  9. #22122b
  10. #110916
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa5cd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa5cd7
  2. #b36cdb
  3. #bb7ddf
  4. #c48de3
  5. #cc9de7
  6. #d5aeeb
  7. #ddbeef
  8. #e6cef3
  9. #eedef7
  10. #f7effb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa5cd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa5cd7
  2. #a660ce
  3. #a263c6
  4. #9d67bd
  5. #996ab4
  6. #956eac
  7. #9172a3
  8. #8d759a
  9. #887991
  10. #847c89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9272a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #347bdb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5280d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a57291 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7670d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f73d5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a76ab1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa5cd7 {
  color: #aa5cd7;
}
Background
.bg-aa5cd7 {
  background-color: #aa5cd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa5cd7 {
  border: 2px solid #aa5cd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa5cd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 92 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 61% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa5cd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa5cd7, #d75cc7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa5cd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 92 215 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.36 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.01 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.00 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.18 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.03 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.28 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.18 #55a328 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#aa5cd7  rgb(170, 92, 215)  hsl(278, 61%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#89d75c  rgb(137, 215, 92)  hsl(98, 61%, 60%)  Pastel Green
#d7aa5c  rgb(215, 170, 92)  hsl(38, 61%, 60%)  Indian Yellow
#5cd7aa  rgb(92, 215, 170)  hsl(158, 61%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine