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#C157FA

#c157fa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#c157fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 34.12% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.8% cyan, 65.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 279.02°, with 94.22% saturation and 66.08% 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 6.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.79.

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Relative luminance0.2506

Complementary

  1. #c157fa
  2. #90fa57

Split complementary

  1. #c157fa
  2. #e1fa57
  3. #57fa70

Analogous

  1. #7057fa
  2. #c157fa
  3. #fa57e1

Triadic

  1. #c157fa
  2. #fac157
  3. #57fac1

Tetradic

  1. #c157fa
  2. #fa5790
  3. #90fa57
  4. #57fac1

Square

  1. #c157fa
  2. #fa7057
  3. #90fa57
  4. #57e1fa

Monochromatic

  1. #7605b3
  2. #a60df8
  3. #c157fa
  4. #dca1fc
  5. #f8ebfe

Shades

#c157fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c157fa
  2. #ae4ee1
  3. #9a46c8
  4. #873daf
  5. #743496
  6. #612c7d
  7. #4d2364
  8. #3a1a4b
  9. #271132
  10. #130919
  11. #000000

Tints

#c157fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c157fa
  2. #c768fb
  3. #cd79fb
  4. #d489fc
  5. #da9afc
  6. #e0abfd
  7. #e6bcfd
  8. #eccdfe
  9. #f3ddfe
  10. #f9eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c157fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c157fa
  2. #bb5bee
  3. #b45fe2
  4. #ae63d5
  5. #a767c9
  6. #a16cbd
  7. #9a70b1
  8. #9474a5
  9. #8d7898
  10. #877c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a278c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0084ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #458bf6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba78a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d75fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #897af8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bd6ccb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c157fa {
  color: #c157fa;
}
Background
.bg-c157fa {
  background-color: #c157fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c157fa {
  border: 2px solid #c157fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c157fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 87 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c157fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c157fa, #fa57e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c157fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 87 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.79 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.26 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.46 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.85 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.10 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.10 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.51 #3ea805 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#c157fa  rgb(193, 87, 250)  hsl(279, 94%, 66%)  Medium Orchid
#90fa57  rgb(144, 250, 87)  hsl(99, 94%, 66%)  Lawn Green
#fac157  rgb(250, 193, 87)  hsl(39, 94%, 66%)  Meat Brown
#57fac1  rgb(87, 250, 193)  hsl(159, 94%, 66%)  Aquamarine