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#8A67CA

#8a67ca ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a67ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 40.39% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.68% cyan, 49.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 261.21°, with 48.29% saturation and 59.8% 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 4.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 3.22.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1937

Complementary

  1. #8a67ca
  2. #a7ca67

Split complementary

  1. #8a67ca
  2. #cabb67
  3. #75ca67

Analogous

  1. #6775ca
  2. #8a67ca
  3. #bb67ca

Triadic

  1. #8a67ca
  2. #ca8a67
  3. #67ca8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a67ca
  2. #ca67a7
  3. #a7ca67
  4. #67ca8a

Square

  1. #8a67ca
  2. #ca6775
  3. #a7ca67
  4. #67cabb

Monochromatic

  1. #412771
  2. #623ba9
  3. #8a67ca
  4. #b6a0de
  5. #e1d8f2

Shades

#8a67ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a67ca
  2. #7c5db6
  3. #6e52a2
  4. #61488d
  5. #533e79
  6. #453465
  7. #372951
  8. #291f3d
  9. #1c1528
  10. #0e0a14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a67ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a67ca
  2. #9676cf
  3. #a185d5
  4. #ad95da
  5. #b9a4df
  6. #c5b3e5
  7. #d0c2ea
  8. #dcd1ef
  9. #e8e1f4
  10. #f3f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a67ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a67ca
  2. #896ac3
  3. #886cbb
  4. #876fb4
  5. #8671ac
  6. #8574a5
  7. #84769e
  8. #837996
  9. #827b8f
  10. #817e87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8173a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #467acd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e79c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7c7a8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6873cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b72c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8273aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a67ca {
  color: #8a67ca;
}
Background
.bg-8a67ca {
  background-color: #8a67ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a67ca {
  border: 2px solid #8a67ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a67ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 103 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 48% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a67ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a67ca, #bb67ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a67ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 103 202 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 3.22 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.96 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.72 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.59 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.34 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 8.82 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.57 #759835 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Amethyst
#8a67ca  rgb(138, 103, 202)  hsl(261, 48%, 60%)  Amethyst
#a7ca67  rgb(167, 202, 103)  hsl(81, 48%, 60%)  Pistachio
#ca8a67  rgb(202, 138, 103)  hsl(21, 48%, 60%)  Raw Sienna
#67ca8a  rgb(103, 202, 138)  hsl(141, 48%, 60%)  Emerald