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#A950ED Color

#A950ED is rgb(169, 80, 237) in RGB, hsl(274, 81%, 62%) in HSL, and about cmyk(29%, 66%, 0%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Lavender Indigo (#9457EB), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 8.97. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#A950ED
HEX#A950ED
RGBrgb(169, 80, 237)
HSLhsl(274, 81%, 62%)
HSVhsv(274, 66%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(29%, 66%, 0%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(61.5% 0.229 306.9)
LABlab(51.51% 56.99 -65.24)
LCHlch(51.51% 86.63 311.14)

What #A950ED Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #A950ED, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Lavender Indigo#9457EBΔE 8.97Dark Orchid#9932CCΔE 10.28Blue Violet#8A2BE2ΔE 16.04Medium Orchid#BA55D3ΔE 17.99Purple (Munsell)#9F00C5ΔE 18.14Heliotrope#DF73FFΔE 19.13

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#A950ED Channel Values

How #A950ED breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 169 · G 80 · B 2378-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 274° · S 81% · L 62%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 274° · S 66% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 29% · M 66% · Y 0% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.15:1 vs white · 5.06:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #A950ED background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text4.15:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text5.06:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #A950ED in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #A950ED

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #A950ED; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#A950ED
Complementary
#94ED50
Analogous
#5A50ED
Analogous
#ED50E2
Triadic
#EDA950
Triadic
#50EDA9
Split comp.
#E2ED50
Split comp.
#50ED5A

Tints & Shades of #A950ED

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#B467EF
#BF7EF1
#CB95F4
#D8B1F7
#E4C8F9
#EFDFFC

Shades

#962BE9
#7F16D0
#6912AB
#520E86
#3B0A61
#220637

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #A950ED.

How #A950ED Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#A950ED
Protanopia#6666ED
Protanomaly#865EED
Deuteranopia#7777EC
Deuteranomaly#8E6AEC
Tritanopia#957575
Tritanomaly#9D68B2
Achromatopsia#7C7C7C

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #A950ED in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-a950ed: #A950ED;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #A950ED;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-a950ed': '#A950ED' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.663, green: 0.314, blue: 0.929)
Android XML<color name="color_a950ed">#A950ED</color>
SVG fillfill="#A950ED"

More Purple Colors

#A950ED sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#A950ED Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #A950ED?

#A950ED is a light purple — rgb(169, 80, 237) in RGB and hsl(274, 81%, 62%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Lavender Indigo (#9457EB), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 8.97.

What is the RGB value of #A950ED?

#A950ED is rgb(169, 80, 237) — red 169, green 80, and blue 237 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #A950ED?

#A950ED converts to approximately cmyk(29%, 66%, 0%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #A950ED be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #A950ED scores 4.15:1 against white and 5.06:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #A950ED as a CSS color keyword?

No. #A950ED is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkorchid (#9932CC) at a CIE76 distance of 10.28, which is visibly different.

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