#A850C5

A medium, moderate magenta closely aligning with Mediumorchid.

About #A850C5

When working with digital screens, the color #A850C5 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumorchid. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 80 green, and 197 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). The color uses 15% Cyan, 59% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 23% Black. With a hue angle of 285.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A850C5
RGB168, 80, 197
HSL285.1°, 50.2%, 54.3%
CMYK15%, 59%, 0%, 23%
HSV285.1°, 59.4%, 77.3%
LAB49.6, 54.2, -46.0
XYZ29.1, 18.1, 54.8
Decimal11030725

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.55:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.62:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.35:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
3.93:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A850C5; }
.text-color { color: #A850C5; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A850C5; }

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