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#9167CA

#9167ca ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9167ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.86% red, 40.39% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.22% cyan, 49.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 265.45°, 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 5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 1.7.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1998

Complementary

  1. #9167ca
  2. #a0ca67

Split complementary

  1. #9167ca
  2. #cac267
  3. #6eca67

Analogous

  1. #676eca
  2. #9167ca
  3. #c267ca

Triadic

  1. #9167ca
  2. #ca9167
  3. #67ca91

Tetradic

  1. #9167ca
  2. #ca67a0
  3. #a0ca67
  4. #67ca91

Square

  1. #9167ca
  2. #ca676e
  3. #a0ca67
  4. #67cac2

Monochromatic

  1. #462771
  2. #6a3ba9
  3. #9167ca
  4. #baa0de
  5. #e3d8f2

Shades

#9167ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9167ca
  2. #835db6
  3. #7452a2
  4. #66488d
  5. #573e79
  6. #493465
  7. #3a2951
  8. #2c1f3d
  9. #1d1528
  10. #0f0a14
  11. #000000

Tints

#9167ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9167ca
  2. #9c76cf
  3. #a785d5
  4. #b295da
  5. #bda4df
  6. #c8b3e5
  7. #d3c2ea
  8. #ded1ef
  9. #e9e1f4
  10. #f4f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9167ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9167ca
  2. #8f6ac3
  3. #8e6cbb
  4. #8c6fb4
  5. #8a71ac
  6. #8974a5
  7. #87769e
  8. #857996
  9. #837b8f
  10. #827e87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8574a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #487bcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #537bc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #86798f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d73cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7174c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8b72aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9167ca {
  color: #9167ca;
}
Background
.bg-9167ca {
  background-color: #9167ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9167ca {
  border: 2px solid #9167ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9167ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 145 103 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 48% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9167ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9167ca, #c267ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9167ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(145 103 202 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 1.70 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.84 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.72 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.72 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.52 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.86 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.95 #6e9835 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Amethyst
#9167ca  rgb(145, 103, 202)  hsl(265, 48%, 60%)  Amethyst
#a0ca67  rgb(160, 202, 103)  hsl(85, 48%, 60%)  Pistachio
#ca9167  rgb(202, 145, 103)  hsl(25, 48%, 60%)  Persian Orange
#67ca91  rgb(103, 202, 145)  hsl(145, 48%, 60%)  Emerald