HEX Color #D37CFF (Mediumorchid)

About #D37CFF

Visually, #D37CFF is defined as a vivid purple. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumorchid. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(211, 124, 255).

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 17% cyan and 51% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#D37CFF

RGB211, 124, 255

HSL279.8°, 100.0%, 74.3%

CMYK17%, 51%, 0%, 0%

HSV279.8°, 51.4%, 100.0%

LAB66.1, 55.3, -52.0

XYZ52.1, 35.5, 98.7

Decimal13860095

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#D37CFF #A7FF7C

Analogous

#917CFF #FF7CE9

Triadic

#FFD37C #7CFFD3

Tetradic

#FF917C #A7FF7C #7CE9FF

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#D37CFF

#D78AFF

#DC99FF

#E1A7FF

#E6B6FF

#EBC4FF

#F0D3FF

#F5E1FF

#FAF0FF

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#D37CFF

#BB6EE2

#A460C6

#8C52AA

#75448D

#5D3771

#462955

#2E1B38

#170D1C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.59:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.10:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.48:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.88:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #D37CFF; }

.text-color { color: #D37CFF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #D37CFF; }

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