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#9E71CA

#9e71ca ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9e71ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 44.31% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.78% cyan, 44.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 270.34°, with 45.64% 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 5.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 3.52.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2334

Complementary

  1. #9e71ca
  2. #9dca71

Split complementary

  1. #9e71ca
  2. #c9ca71
  3. #71ca71

Analogous

  1. #7171ca
  2. #9e71ca
  3. #ca71c9

Triadic

  1. #9e71ca
  2. #ca9e71
  3. #71ca9e

Tetradic

  1. #9e71ca
  2. #ca719d
  3. #9dca71
  4. #71ca9e

Square

  1. #9e71ca
  2. #ca7171
  3. #9dca71
  4. #71c9ca

Monochromatic

  1. #512c76
  2. #7841ae
  3. #9e71ca
  4. #c4a9df
  5. #eae0f4

Shades

#9e71ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e71ca
  2. #8e66b6
  3. #7e5aa2
  4. #6f4f8d
  5. #5f4479
  6. #4f3965
  7. #3f2d51
  8. #2f223d
  9. #201728
  10. #100b14
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e71ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e71ca
  2. #a87fcf
  3. #b18dd5
  4. #bb9cda
  5. #c5aadf
  6. #cfb8e5
  7. #d8c6ea
  8. #e2d4ef
  9. #ece3f4
  10. #f5f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e71ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e71ca
  2. #9b73c3
  3. #9874bb
  4. #9576b4
  5. #9277ac
  6. #8f79a5
  7. #8c7a9e
  8. #897c96
  9. #867d8f
  10. #837f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #907da5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b83cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6685c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #978094 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b7ccc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #807ec9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a7aac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e71ca {
  color: #9e71ca;
}
Background
.bg-9e71ca {
  background-color: #9e71ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e71ca {
  border: 2px solid #9e71ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e71ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 113 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 46% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e71ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e71ca, #ca71c9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e71ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 113 202 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 3.52 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.51 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.17 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.74 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.15 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.37 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.79 #618e35 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#9e71ca  rgb(158, 113, 202)  hsl(270, 46%, 62%)  Amethyst
#9dca71  rgb(157, 202, 113)  hsl(90, 46%, 62%)  Pistachio
#ca9e71  rgb(202, 158, 113)  hsl(30, 46%, 62%)  Camel
#71ca9e  rgb(113, 202, 158)  hsl(150, 46%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine