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#816ABA

#816aba ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#816aba is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 41.57% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.65% cyan, 43.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 257.25°, with 36.7% saturation and 57.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.81.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1852

Complementary

  1. #816aba
  2. #a3ba6a

Split complementary

  1. #816aba
  2. #baa96a
  3. #7bba6a

Analogous

  1. #6a7bba
  2. #816aba
  3. #a96aba

Triadic

  1. #816aba
  2. #ba816a
  3. #6aba81

Tetradic

  1. #816aba
  2. #ba6aa3
  3. #a3ba6a
  4. #6aba81

Square

  1. #816aba
  2. #ba6a7b
  3. #a3ba6a
  4. #6abaa9

Monochromatic

  1. #3b2c5f
  2. #5b4493
  3. #816aba
  4. #ad9ed2
  5. #d9d3ea

Shades

#816aba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #816aba
  2. #745fa7
  3. #675595
  4. #5a4a82
  5. #4d4070
  6. #41355d
  7. #342a4a
  8. #272038
  9. #1a1525
  10. #0d0b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#816aba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #816aba
  2. #8e79c1
  3. #9a88c8
  4. #a797cf
  5. #b3a6d6
  6. #c0b5dd
  7. #cdc3e3
  8. #d9d2ea
  9. #e6e1f1
  10. #f2f0f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#816aba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #816aba
  2. #816cb4
  3. #816eae
  4. #8171a9
  5. #8173a3
  6. #81759d
  7. #807797
  8. #807991
  9. #807c8c
  10. #807e86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b7297 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5278bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5676b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #757889 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6873bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a71b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a739f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-816aba {
  color: #816aba;
}
Background
.bg-816aba {
  background-color: #816aba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-816aba {
  border: 2px solid #816aba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #816aba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 106 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 37% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-816aba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #816aba, #a96aba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-816aba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 106 186 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.81 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.31 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.19 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.01 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 8.25 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.72 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.44 #7e9545 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#816aba  rgb(129, 106, 186)  hsl(257, 37%, 57%)  Amethyst
#a3ba6a  rgb(163, 186, 106)  hsl(77, 37%, 57%)  Olivine
#ba816a  rgb(186, 129, 106)  hsl(17, 37%, 57%)  Cafe au Lait
#6aba81  rgb(106, 186, 129)  hsl(137, 37%, 57%)  Medium Sea Green