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#A080FF

#a080ff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a080ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 50.2% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.25% cyan, 49.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 255.12°, with 100% saturation and 75.1% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.86.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3013

Complementary

  1. #a080ff
  2. #dfff80

Split complementary

  1. #a080ff
  2. #ffe080
  3. #a0ff80

Analogous

  1. #80a0ff
  2. #a080ff
  3. #e080ff

Triadic

  1. #a080ff
  2. #ffa080
  3. #80ffa0

Tetradic

  1. #a080ff
  2. #ff80df
  3. #dfff80
  4. #80ffa0

Square

  1. #a080ff
  2. #ff80a0
  3. #dfff80
  4. #80ffe0

Monochromatic

  1. #3a00e6
  2. #6734ff
  3. #a080ff
  4. #d9cdff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#a080ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a080ff
  2. #9073e6
  3. #8066cc
  4. #705ab3
  5. #604d99
  6. #504080
  7. #403366
  8. #30264d
  9. #201a33
  10. #100d1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a080ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a080ff
  2. #aa8dff
  3. #b399ff
  4. #bda6ff
  5. #c6b3ff
  6. #d0c0ff
  7. #d9ccff
  8. #e3d9ff
  9. #ece6ff
  10. #f6f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a080ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a080ff
  2. #9d80f2
  3. #9a80e6
  4. #9680d9
  5. #9380cc
  6. #9080c0
  7. #8d80b3
  8. #8a80a6
  9. #868099
  10. #83808d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a8dc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4e97ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5393fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #889ab4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #778eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #798cfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9290d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a080ff {
  color: #a080ff;
}
Background
.bg-a080ff {
  background-color: #a080ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a080ff {
  border: 2px solid #a080ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a080ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 128 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 100% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a080ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a080ff, #e080ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a080ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 128 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.86 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.27 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.17 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.54 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.81 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.63 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 13.18 #5f7f00 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a080ff  rgb(160, 128, 255)  hsl(255, 100%, 75%)  Medium Purple
#dfff80  rgb(223, 255, 128)  hsl(75, 100%, 75%)  Inchworm
#ffa080  rgb(255, 160, 128)  hsl(15, 100%, 75%)  Light Salmon
#80ffa0  rgb(128, 255, 160)  hsl(135, 100%, 75%)  Mint Green