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#994FEB

#994feb ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#994feb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 30.98% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.89% cyan, 66.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 268.46°, with 79.59% saturation and 61.57% 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 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 7.13.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1836

Complementary

  1. #994feb
  2. #a1eb4f

Split complementary

  1. #994feb
  2. #ebe74f
  3. #53eb4f

Analogous

  1. #4f53eb
  2. #994feb
  3. #e74feb

Triadic

  1. #994feb
  2. #eb994f
  3. #4feb99

Tetradic

  1. #994feb
  2. #eb4fa1
  3. #a1eb4f
  4. #4feb99

Square

  1. #994feb
  2. #eb4f53
  3. #a1eb4f
  4. #4febe7

Monochromatic

  1. #4d1091
  2. #7218d5
  3. #994feb
  4. #c194f3
  5. #e9d8fb

Shades

#994feb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #994feb
  2. #8a47d4
  3. #7a3fbc
  4. #6b37a5
  5. #5c2f8d
  6. #4d2876
  7. #3d205e
  8. #2e1847
  9. #1f102f
  10. #0f0818
  11. #000000

Tints

#994feb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #994feb
  2. #a361ed
  3. #ad72ef
  4. #b884f1
  5. #c295f3
  6. #cca7f5
  7. #d6b9f7
  8. #e0caf9
  9. #ebdcfb
  10. #f5edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#994feb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #994feb
  2. #9754e0
  3. #9459d6
  4. #925ecb
  5. #8f63c0
  6. #8d68b6
  7. #8a6cab
  8. #8871a0
  9. #857695
  10. #837b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8669b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #887397 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b68ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6369e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8f66be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-994feb {
  color: #994feb;
}
Background
.bg-994feb {
  background-color: #994feb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-994feb {
  border: 2px solid #994feb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #994feb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 79 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 80% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-994feb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #994feb, #e74feb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-994feb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 79 235 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.13 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.21 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.57 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.63 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.86 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.05 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.26 #66b014 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#994feb  rgb(153, 79, 235)  hsl(268, 80%, 62%)  Amethyst
#a1eb4f  rgb(161, 235, 79)  hsl(88, 80%, 62%)  Inchworm
#eb994f  rgb(235, 153, 79)  hsl(28, 80%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#4feb99  rgb(79, 235, 153)  hsl(148, 80%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green