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#AA70EA

#aa70ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aa70ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 43.92% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 52.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 268.52°, with 74.39% saturation and 67.84% 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 6.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.62.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2607

Complementary

  1. #aa70ea
  2. #b0ea70

Split complementary

  1. #aa70ea
  2. #eae770
  3. #73ea70

Analogous

  1. #7073ea
  2. #aa70ea
  3. #e770ea

Triadic

  1. #aa70ea
  2. #eaaa70
  3. #70eaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa70ea
  2. #ea70b0
  3. #b0ea70
  4. #70eaaa

Square

  1. #aa70ea
  2. #ea7073
  3. #b0ea70
  4. #70eae7

Monochromatic

  1. #5d19a8
  2. #822de0
  3. #aa70ea
  4. #d2b3f4
  5. #f4edfc

Shades

#aa70ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa70ea
  2. #9965d3
  3. #885abb
  4. #774ea4
  5. #66438c
  6. #553875
  7. #442d5e
  8. #332246
  9. #22162f
  10. #110b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa70ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa70ea
  2. #b37eec
  3. #bb8dee
  4. #c49bf0
  5. #cca9f2
  6. #d5b8f5
  7. #ddc6f7
  8. #e6d4f9
  9. #eee2fb
  10. #f7f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa70ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa70ea
  2. #a672df
  3. #a273d5
  4. #9d75ca
  5. #9976c0
  6. #9578b5
  7. #917aaa
  8. #8d7ba0
  9. #887d95
  10. #847e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9981b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #478aee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #598ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f87a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b81ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8181e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a37ec3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa70ea {
  color: #aa70ea;
}
Background
.bg-aa70ea {
  background-color: #aa70ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa70ea {
  border: 2px solid #aa70ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa70ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 112 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa70ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa70ea, #e770ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa70ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 112 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.62 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.48 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.85 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.87 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.24 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.27 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.05 #558f15 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#aa70ea  rgb(170, 112, 234)  hsl(269, 74%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#b0ea70  rgb(176, 234, 112)  hsl(89, 74%, 68%)  Inchworm
#eaaa70  rgb(234, 170, 112)  hsl(29, 74%, 68%)  Fawn
#70eaaa  rgb(112, 234, 170)  hsl(149, 74%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green