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#AA6CEA

#aa6cea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aa6cea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 42.35% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 53.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 269.52°, with 75% saturation and 67.06% 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 6.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.73.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2521

Complementary

  1. #aa6cea
  2. #acea6c

Split complementary

  1. #aa6cea
  2. #eae96c
  3. #6dea6c

Analogous

  1. #6c6dea
  2. #aa6cea
  3. #e96cea

Triadic

  1. #aa6cea
  2. #eaaa6c
  3. #6ceaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa6cea
  2. #ea6cac
  3. #acea6c
  4. #6ceaaa

Square

  1. #aa6cea
  2. #ea6c6d
  3. #acea6c
  4. #6ceae9

Monochromatic

  1. #5d18a5
  2. #8329e0
  3. #aa6cea
  4. #d1aff4
  5. #f5edfc

Shades

#aa6cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa6cea
  2. #9961d3
  3. #8856bb
  4. #774ca4
  5. #66418c
  6. #553675
  7. #442b5e
  8. #332046
  9. #22162f
  10. #110b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa6cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa6cea
  2. #b37bec
  3. #bb89ee
  4. #c498f0
  5. #cca7f2
  6. #d5b6f5
  7. #ddc4f7
  8. #e6d3f9
  9. #eee2fb
  10. #f7f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa6cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa6cea
  2. #a66edf
  3. #a270d5
  4. #9d72ca
  5. #9974c0
  6. #9576b5
  7. #9178aa
  8. #8d7aa0
  9. #887c95
  10. #847e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #987fb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4088ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #548ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f84a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #797eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #807fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a37bc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa6cea {
  color: #aa6cea;
}
Background
.bg-aa6cea {
  background-color: #aa6cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa6cea {
  border: 2px solid #aa6cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa6cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 108 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa6cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa6cea, #e96cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa6cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 108 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.73 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.45 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.21 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.15 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.03 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.49 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.40 #559315 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#aa6cea  rgb(170, 108, 234)  hsl(270, 75%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#acea6c  rgb(172, 234, 108)  hsl(90, 75%, 67%)  Inchworm
#eaaa6c  rgb(234, 170, 108)  hsl(30, 75%, 67%)  Fawn
#6ceaaa  rgb(108, 234, 170)  hsl(150, 75%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green