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#C950FA

#c950fa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#c950fa is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 31.37% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.6% cyan, 68% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 282.71°, with 94.44% saturation and 64.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. 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 5.66.

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Web safe#cc66ff
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Relative luminance0.2506

Complementary

  1. #c950fa
  2. #81fa50

Split complementary

  1. #c950fa
  2. #d6fa50
  3. #50fa74

Analogous

  1. #7450fa
  2. #c950fa
  3. #fa50d6

Triadic

  1. #c950fa
  2. #fac950
  3. #50fac9

Tetradic

  1. #c950fa
  2. #fa5081
  3. #81fa50
  4. #50fac9

Square

  1. #c950fa
  2. #fa7450
  3. #81fa50
  4. #50d6fa

Monochromatic

  1. #7c05ac
  2. #b107f6
  3. #c950fa
  4. #e09afc
  5. #f7e5fe

Shades

#c950fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c950fa
  2. #b548e1
  3. #a140c8
  4. #8d38af
  5. #793096
  6. #65287d
  7. #502064
  8. #3c184b
  9. #281032
  10. #140819
  11. #000000

Tints

#c950fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c950fa
  2. #ce62fb
  3. #d473fb
  4. #d985fc
  5. #df96fc
  6. #e4a8fd
  7. #e9b9fd
  8. #efcbfe
  9. #f4dcfe
  10. #faeeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c950fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c950fa
  2. #c255ee
  3. #ba5ae2
  4. #b35ed5
  5. #ac63c9
  6. #a568bd
  7. #9d6db1
  8. #9672a5
  9. #8f7698
  10. #877b8c
  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 #a776c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0082ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #488cf6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5739f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8172fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8f79f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c666ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c950fa {
  color: #c950fa;
}
Background
.bg-c950fa {
  background-color: #c950fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c950fa {
  border: 2px solid #c950fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c950fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 80 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 283 94% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c950fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c950fa, #fa50d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c950fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 80 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.66 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 7.74 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 7.74 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.04 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.17 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.81 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.18 #36af05 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#c950fa  rgb(201, 80, 250)  hsl(283, 94%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#81fa50  rgb(129, 250, 80)  hsl(103, 94%, 65%)  Lawn Green
#fac950  rgb(250, 201, 80)  hsl(43, 94%, 65%)  Saffron
#50fac9  rgb(80, 250, 201)  hsl(163, 94%, 65%)  Aquamarine