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#985EE9

#985ee9 ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#985ee9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 36.86% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.76% cyan, 59.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 265.04°, with 75.96% saturation and 64.12% 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 5.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.09.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2056

Complementary

  1. #985ee9
  2. #afe95e

Split complementary

  1. #985ee9
  2. #e9de5e
  3. #69e95e

Analogous

  1. #5e69e9
  2. #985ee9
  3. #de5ee9

Triadic

  1. #985ee9
  2. #e9985e
  3. #5ee998

Tetradic

  1. #985ee9
  2. #e95eaf
  3. #afe95e
  4. #5ee998

Square

  1. #985ee9
  2. #e95e69
  3. #afe95e
  4. #5ee9de

Monochromatic

  1. #4c1599
  2. #6e1edc
  3. #985ee9
  4. #c3a1f2
  5. #eee5fb

Shades

#985ee9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #985ee9
  2. #8955d2
  3. #7a4bba
  4. #6a42a3
  5. #5b388c
  6. #4c2f75
  7. #3d265d
  8. #2e1c46
  9. #1e132f
  10. #0f0917
  11. #000000

Tints

#985ee9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #985ee9
  2. #a26eeb
  3. #ad7eed
  4. #b78ef0
  5. #c19ef2
  6. #ccaff4
  7. #d6bff6
  8. #e0cff8
  9. #eadffb
  10. #f5effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#985ee9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #985ee9
  2. #9661df
  3. #9365d4
  4. #9168ca
  5. #8e6cbf
  6. #8c6fb5
  7. #8a72aa
  8. #8776a0
  9. #857995
  10. #827d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8972b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007ded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2d7ce6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #867c9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6372ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6971e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e71bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-985ee9 {
  color: #985ee9;
}
Background
.bg-985ee9 {
  background-color: #985ee9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-985ee9 {
  border: 2px solid #985ee9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #985ee9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 94 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 76% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-985ee9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #985ee9, #de5ee9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-985ee9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 94 233 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.09 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.22 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.06 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.05 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.37 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.75 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.60 #67a116 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Amethyst
#985ee9  rgb(152, 94, 233)  hsl(265, 76%, 64%)  Amethyst
#afe95e  rgb(175, 233, 94)  hsl(85, 76%, 64%)  Inchworm
#e9985e  rgb(233, 152, 94)  hsl(25, 76%, 64%)  Persian Orange
#5ee998  rgb(94, 233, 152)  hsl(145, 76%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green