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#9951EA

#9951ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#9951ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 31.76% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.62% cyan, 65.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 268.24°, 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 6.76.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.186

Complementary

  1. #9951ea
  2. #a2ea51

Split complementary

  1. #9951ea
  2. #eae651
  3. #55ea51

Analogous

  1. #5155ea
  2. #9951ea
  3. #e651ea

Triadic

  1. #9951ea
  2. #ea9951
  3. #51ea99

Tetradic

  1. #9951ea
  2. #ea51a2
  3. #a2ea51
  4. #51ea99

Square

  1. #9951ea
  2. #ea5155
  3. #a2ea51
  4. #51eae6

Monochromatic

  1. #4d1191
  2. #721ad5
  3. #9951ea
  4. #c195f2
  5. #e9dafa

Shades

#9951ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9951ea
  2. #8a49d3
  3. #7a41bb
  4. #6b39a4
  5. #5c318c
  6. #4d2975
  7. #3d205e
  8. #2e1846
  9. #1f102f
  10. #0f0817
  11. #000000

Tints

#9951ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9951ea
  2. #a362ec
  3. #ad74ee
  4. #b885f0
  5. #c297f2
  6. #cca8f5
  7. #d6b9f7
  8. #e0cbf9
  9. #ebdcfb
  10. #f5eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9951ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9951ea
  2. #9756df
  3. #945ad5
  4. #925fca
  5. #8f64c0
  6. #8d69b5
  7. #8a6daa
  8. #8872a0
  9. #857795
  10. #837b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #866ab1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0177e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #887497 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c69ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #646ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8f67be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9951ea {
  color: #9951ea;
}
Background
.bg-9951ea {
  background-color: #9951ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9951ea {
  border: 2px solid #9951ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9951ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 81 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9951ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9951ea, #e651ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9951ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 81 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.76 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.48 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.81 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.91 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.99 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.03 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.08 #66ae15 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#9951ea  rgb(153, 81, 234)  hsl(268, 78%, 62%)  Amethyst
#a2ea51  rgb(162, 234, 81)  hsl(88, 78%, 62%)  Inchworm
#ea9951  rgb(234, 153, 81)  hsl(28, 78%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#51ea99  rgb(81, 234, 153)  hsl(148, 78%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green