#A057BD

A medium, moderate purple closely aligning with Mediumorchid.

About #A057BD

When working with digital screens, the color #A057BD is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumorchid. In the RGB color space, it consists of 160 red, 87 green, and 189 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 15% cyan and 54% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 282.9 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A057BD
RGB160, 87, 189
HSL282.9°, 43.6%, 54.1%
CMYK15%, 54%, 0%, 26%
HSV282.9°, 54.0%, 74.1%
LAB49.5, 46.9, -41.6
XYZ27.1, 18.0, 50.2
Decimal10508221

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.57:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.59:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.37:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
3.90:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A057BD; }
.text-color { color: #A057BD; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A057BD; }

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Mediumorchid
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