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#995BEA

#995bea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#995bea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 35.69% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.62% cyan, 61.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 266.01°, with 77.3% saturation and 63.73% 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.44.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2019

Complementary

  1. #995bea
  2. #acea5b

Split complementary

  1. #995bea
  2. #eae05b
  3. #65ea5b

Analogous

  1. #5b65ea
  2. #995bea
  3. #e05bea

Triadic

  1. #995bea
  2. #ea995b
  3. #5bea99

Tetradic

  1. #995bea
  2. #ea5bac
  3. #acea5b
  4. #5bea99

Square

  1. #995bea
  2. #ea5b65
  3. #acea5b
  4. #5beae0

Monochromatic

  1. #4d1498
  2. #6f1cdc
  3. #995bea
  4. #c39ff3
  5. #ede3fb

Shades

#995bea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #995bea
  2. #8a52d3
  3. #7a49bb
  4. #6b40a4
  5. #5c378c
  6. #4d2e75
  7. #3d245e
  8. #2e1b46
  9. #1f122f
  10. #0f0917
  11. #000000

Tints

#995bea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #995bea
  2. #a36bec
  3. #ad7cee
  4. #b88cf0
  5. #c29df2
  6. #ccadf5
  7. #d6bdf7
  8. #e0cef9
  9. #ebdefb
  10. #f5effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#995bea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #995bea
  2. #975fdf
  3. #9462d5
  4. #9266ca
  5. #8f6ac0
  6. #8d6eb5
  7. #8a71aa
  8. #8875a0
  9. #857995
  10. #837c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8970b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #267be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #887a9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6270ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6870e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8f6fbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-995bea {
  color: #995bea;
}
Background
.bg-995bea {
  background-color: #995bea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-995bea {
  border: 2px solid #995bea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #995bea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 91 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 77% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-995bea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #995bea, #e05bea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-995bea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 91 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.44 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.91 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.48 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.88 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.09 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.43 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.00 #66a415 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Amethyst
#995bea  rgb(153, 91, 234)  hsl(266, 77%, 64%)  Amethyst
#acea5b  rgb(172, 234, 91)  hsl(86, 77%, 64%)  Inchworm
#ea995b  rgb(234, 153, 91)  hsl(26, 77%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#5bea99  rgb(91, 234, 153)  hsl(146, 77%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green