HEX Color #9950BD (Mediumorchid)

About #9950BD

The precise color #9950BD is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Mediumorchid. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 153, 80, and 189.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 19% cyan and 58% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 280.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#9950BD

RGB153, 80, 189

HSL280.2°, 45.2%, 52.7%

CMYK19%, 58%, 0%, 26%

HSV280.2°, 57.7%, 74.1%

LAB47.2, 48.7, -45.2

XYZ25.2, 16.2, 49.9

Decimal10047677

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#9950BD #74BD50

Analogous

#6250BD #BD50AA

Triadic

#BD9950 #50BD99

Tetradic

#BD6250 #74BD50 #50AABD

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#9950BD

#A463C4

#AF76CB

#BB8AD3

#C69DDA

#D1B1E1

#DDC4E9

#E8D8F0

#F3EBF7

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#9950BD

#8847A8

#773E93

#66357E

#552C69

#442354

#331A3F

#22112A

#110815

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.96:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.24:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

4.74:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.60:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #9950BD; }

.text-color { color: #9950BD; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #9950BD; }

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Mediumorchid

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