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#A151FA

#a151fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a151fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 31.76% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.6% cyan, 67.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 268.4°, with 94.41% saturation and 64.9% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.07:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 6.98.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2036

Complementary

  1. #a151fa
  2. #aafa51

Split complementary

  1. #a151fa
  2. #faf551
  3. #56fa51

Analogous

  1. #5156fa
  2. #a151fa
  3. #f551fa

Triadic

  1. #a151fa
  2. #faa151
  3. #51faa1

Tetradic

  1. #a151fa
  2. #fa51aa
  3. #aafa51
  4. #51faa1

Square

  1. #a151fa
  2. #fa5156
  3. #aafa51
  4. #51faf5

Monochromatic

  1. #5505ad
  2. #7907f7
  3. #a151fa
  4. #c99bfc
  5. #f1e6fe

Shades

#a151fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a151fa
  2. #9149e1
  3. #8141c8
  4. #7139af
  5. #613196
  6. #51297d
  7. #402064
  8. #30184b
  9. #201032
  10. #100819
  11. #000000

Tints

#a151fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a151fa
  2. #aa62fb
  3. #b474fb
  4. #bd85fc
  5. #c797fc
  6. #d0a8fd
  7. #d9b9fd
  8. #e3cbfe
  9. #ecdcfe
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a151fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a151fa
  2. #9e56ee
  3. #9a5ae2
  4. #975fd5
  5. #9464c9
  6. #9169bd
  7. #8d6db1
  8. #8a72a5
  9. #877798
  10. #837b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d6ebc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007cf6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8e799f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d6dfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #666df8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #966bca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a151fa {
  color: #a151fa;
}
Background
.bg-a151fa {
  background-color: #a151fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a151fa {
  border: 2px solid #a151fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a151fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 81 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 94% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a151fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a151fa, #f551fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a151fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 81 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.98 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.81 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.13 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.19 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.29 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.63 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.87 #5eae05 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a151fa  rgb(161, 81, 250)  hsl(268, 94%, 65%)  Electric Purple
#aafa51  rgb(170, 250, 81)  hsl(88, 94%, 65%)  Green Yellow
#faa151  rgb(250, 161, 81)  hsl(28, 94%, 65%)  Sandy Brown
#51faa1  rgb(81, 250, 161)  hsl(148, 94%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green