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#9751EA

#9751ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#9751ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 31.76% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.47% cyan, 65.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 267.45°, with 78.46% saturation and 61.76% 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 4.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 6.88.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.184

Complementary

  1. #9751ea
  2. #a4ea51

Split complementary

  1. #9751ea
  2. #eae351
  3. #57ea51

Analogous

  1. #5157ea
  2. #9751ea
  3. #e351ea

Triadic

  1. #9751ea
  2. #ea9751
  3. #51ea97

Tetradic

  1. #9751ea
  2. #ea51a4
  3. #a4ea51
  4. #51ea97

Square

  1. #9751ea
  2. #ea5157
  3. #a4ea51
  4. #51eae3

Monochromatic

  1. #4c1191
  2. #6f1ad5
  3. #9751ea
  4. #c095f2
  5. #e9dafa

Shades

#9751ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9751ea
  2. #8849d3
  3. #7941bb
  4. #6a39a4
  5. #5b318c
  6. #4c2975
  7. #3c205e
  8. #2d1846
  9. #1e102f
  10. #0f0817
  11. #000000

Tints

#9751ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9751ea
  2. #a162ec
  3. #ac74ee
  4. #b685f0
  5. #c197f2
  6. #cba8f5
  7. #d5b9f7
  8. #e0cbf9
  9. #eadcfb
  10. #f5eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9751ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9751ea
  2. #9556df
  3. #925ad5
  4. #905fca
  5. #8e64c0
  6. #8c69b5
  7. #896daa
  8. #8772a0
  9. #857795
  10. #827b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #856ab1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #857497 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a69ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6269e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d68be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9751ea {
  color: #9751ea;
}
Background
.bg-9751ea {
  background-color: #9751ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9751ea {
  border: 2px solid #9751ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9751ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 81 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9751ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9751ea, #e351ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9751ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 81 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.88 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.62 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.67 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.87 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.92 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.05 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.08 #68ae15 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#9751ea  rgb(151, 81, 234)  hsl(267, 78%, 62%)  Amethyst
#a4ea51  rgb(164, 234, 81)  hsl(87, 78%, 62%)  Inchworm
#ea9751  rgb(234, 151, 81)  hsl(27, 78%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#51ea97  rgb(81, 234, 151)  hsl(147, 78%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green