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#985CEA

#985cea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#985cea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 36.08% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.04% cyan, 60.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 265.35°, with 77.17% saturation and 63.92% 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.4.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2027

Complementary

  1. #985cea
  2. #aeea5c

Split complementary

  1. #985cea
  2. #eadf5c
  3. #67ea5c

Analogous

  1. #5c67ea
  2. #985cea
  3. #df5cea

Triadic

  1. #985cea
  2. #ea985c
  3. #5cea98

Tetradic

  1. #985cea
  2. #ea5cae
  3. #aeea5c
  4. #5cea98

Square

  1. #985cea
  2. #ea5c67
  3. #aeea5c
  4. #5ceadf

Monochromatic

  1. #4c1499
  2. #6e1cdd
  3. #985cea
  4. #c3a0f3
  5. #eee4fb

Shades

#985cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #985cea
  2. #8953d3
  3. #7a4abb
  4. #6a40a4
  5. #5b378c
  6. #4c2e75
  7. #3d255e
  8. #2e1c46
  9. #1e122f
  10. #0f0917
  11. #000000

Tints

#985cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #985cea
  2. #a26cec
  3. #ad7dee
  4. #b78df0
  5. #c19df2
  6. #ccaef5
  7. #d6bef7
  8. #e0cef9
  9. #eadefb
  10. #f5effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#985cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #985cea
  2. #9660df
  3. #9363d5
  4. #9167ca
  5. #8e6ac0
  6. #8c6eb5
  7. #8a72aa
  8. #8775a0
  9. #857995
  10. #827c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8871b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #277be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #867b9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6171ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6870e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e70c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-985cea {
  color: #985cea;
}
Background
.bg-985cea {
  background-color: #985cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-985cea {
  border: 2px solid #985cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #985cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 92 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 77% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-985cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #985cea, #df5cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-985cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 92 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.40 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.69 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.22 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.07 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.30 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.36 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.21 #67a315 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Amethyst
#985cea  rgb(152, 92, 234)  hsl(265, 77%, 64%)  Amethyst
#aeea5c  rgb(174, 234, 92)  hsl(85, 77%, 64%)  Inchworm
#ea985c  rgb(234, 152, 92)  hsl(25, 77%, 64%)  Persian Orange
#5cea98  rgb(92, 234, 152)  hsl(145, 77%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green