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#9166EA

#9166ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#9166ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.86% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.03% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 259.55°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% 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 5.29:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 3.67.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2146

Complementary

  1. #9166ea
  2. #bfea66

Split complementary

  1. #9166ea
  2. #ead366
  3. #7dea66

Analogous

  1. #667dea
  2. #9166ea
  3. #d366ea

Triadic

  1. #9166ea
  2. #ea9166
  3. #66ea91

Tetradic

  1. #9166ea
  2. #ea66bf
  3. #bfea66
  4. #66ea91

Square

  1. #9166ea
  2. #ea667d
  3. #bfea66
  4. #66ead3

Monochromatic

  1. #4316a1
  2. #6123e1
  3. #9166ea
  4. #c1a9f3
  5. #f2edfc

Shades

#9166ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9166ea
  2. #835cd3
  3. #7452bb
  4. #6647a4
  5. #573d8c
  6. #493375
  7. #3a295e
  8. #2c1f46
  9. #1d142f
  10. #0f0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#9166ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9166ea
  2. #9c75ec
  3. #a785ee
  4. #b294f0
  5. #bda3f2
  6. #c8b3f5
  7. #d3c2f7
  8. #ded1f9
  9. #e9e0fb
  10. #f4f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9166ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9166ea
  2. #8f69df
  3. #8e6bd5
  4. #8c6eca
  5. #8a70c0
  6. #8973b5
  7. #8776aa
  8. #8578a0
  9. #837b95
  10. #827d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8776b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2081ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #317ee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7b829e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6277ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6675e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8478c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9166ea {
  color: #9166ea;
}
Background
.bg-9166ea {
  background-color: #9166ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9166ea {
  border: 2px solid #9166ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9166ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 145 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9166ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9166ea, #d366ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9166ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(145 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.67 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.20 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.48 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.00 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.82 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.53 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.86 #6e9915 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#9166ea  rgb(145, 102, 234)  hsl(260, 76%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#bfea66  rgb(191, 234, 102)  hsl(80, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#ea9166  rgb(234, 145, 102)  hsl(20, 76%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#66ea91  rgb(102, 234, 145)  hsl(140, 76%, 66%)  Light Green