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#995FDE

#995fde ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#995fde is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 37.25% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.08% cyan, 57.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 267.4°, with 65.8% saturation and 62.16% 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 3.53.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2023

Complementary

  1. #995fde
  2. #a4de5f

Split complementary

  1. #995fde
  2. #ded85f
  3. #65de5f

Analogous

  1. #5f65de
  2. #995fde
  3. #d85fde

Triadic

  1. #995fde
  2. #de995f
  3. #5fde99

Tetradic

  1. #995fde
  2. #de5fa4
  3. #a4de5f
  4. #5fde99

Square

  1. #995fde
  2. #de5f65
  3. #a4de5f
  4. #5fded8

Monochromatic

  1. #4d1c88
  2. #7129c7
  3. #995fde
  4. #c19eeb
  5. #eadef8

Shades

#995fde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #995fde
  2. #8a56c8
  3. #7a4cb2
  4. #6b439b
  5. #5c3985
  6. #4d306f
  7. #3d2659
  8. #2e1d43
  9. #1f132c
  10. #0f0a16
  11. #000000

Tints

#995fde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #995fde
  2. #a36fe1
  3. #ad7fe5
  4. #b88fe8
  5. #c29feb
  6. #ccafef
  7. #d6bff2
  8. #e0cff5
  9. #ebdff8
  10. #f5effc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#995fde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #995fde
  2. #9762d5
  3. #9466cb
  4. #9269c2
  5. #8f6cb8
  6. #8d70af
  7. #8a73a6
  8. #88769c
  9. #857993
  10. #837d89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8972ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #267be2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f7cdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8c7895 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6871e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e71dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #916fb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-995fde {
  color: #995fde;
}
Background
.bg-995fde {
  background-color: #995fde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-995fde {
  border: 2px solid #995fde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #995fde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 95 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 66% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-995fde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #995fde, #d85fde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-995fde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 95 222 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 3.53 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.82 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.92 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.10 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.34 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.48 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.09 #66a021 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Amethyst
#995fde  rgb(153, 95, 222)  hsl(267, 66%, 62%)  Amethyst
#a4de5f  rgb(164, 222, 95)  hsl(87, 66%, 62%)  Inchworm
#de995f  rgb(222, 153, 95)  hsl(27, 66%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#5fde99  rgb(95, 222, 153)  hsl(147, 66%, 62%)  Emerald