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#995ADD

#995add ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#995add is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 35.29% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.77% cyan, 59.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 268.85°, with 65.83% saturation and 60.98% 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 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 4.2.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1931

Complementary

  1. #995add
  2. #9edd5a

Split complementary

  1. #995add
  2. #ddda5a
  3. #5ddd5a

Analogous

  1. #5a5ddd
  2. #995add
  3. #da5add

Triadic

  1. #995add
  2. #dd995a
  3. #5add99

Tetradic

  1. #995add
  2. #dd5a9e
  3. #9edd5a
  4. #5add99

Square

  1. #995add
  2. #dd5a5d
  3. #9edd5a
  4. #5addda

Monochromatic

  1. #4d1b83
  2. #7228c2
  3. #995add
  4. #c099ea
  5. #e7d9f7

Shades

#995add mixed progressively with black.

  1. #995add
  2. #8a51c7
  3. #7a48b1
  4. #6b3f9b
  5. #5c3685
  6. #4d2d6f
  7. #3d2458
  8. #2e1b42
  9. #1f122c
  10. #0f0916
  11. #000000

Tints

#995add mixed progressively with white.

  1. #995add
  2. #a36be0
  3. #ad7be4
  4. #b88ce7
  5. #c29ceb
  6. #ccadee
  7. #d6bdf1
  8. #e0cef5
  9. #ebdef8
  10. #f5effc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#995add mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #995add
  2. #975ed4
  3. #9462ca
  4. #9265c1
  5. #8f69b8
  6. #8d6daf
  7. #8a71a5
  8. #88759c
  9. #857893
  10. #837c89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #876eab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1678e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3879da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8c7593 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #666de0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d6edb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #916bb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-995add {
  color: #995add;
}
Background
.bg-995add {
  background-color: #995add;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-995add {
  border: 2px solid #995add;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #995add;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 90 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 66% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-995add {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #995add, #da5add);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-995add {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 90 221 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.20 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.05 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.93 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.51 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.74 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.82 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.10 #66a522 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Amethyst
#995add  rgb(153, 90, 221)  hsl(269, 66%, 61%)  Amethyst
#9edd5a  rgb(158, 221, 90)  hsl(89, 66%, 61%)  Inchworm
#dd995a  rgb(221, 153, 90)  hsl(29, 66%, 61%)  Persian Orange
#5add99  rgb(90, 221, 153)  hsl(149, 66%, 61%)  Emerald