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#A154EA

#a154ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a154ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 32.94% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.2% cyan, 64.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 270.8°, with 78.12% saturation and 62.35% 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 4.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 6.03.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1986

Complementary

  1. #a154ea
  2. #9dea54

Split complementary

  1. #a154ea
  2. #e8ea54
  3. #54ea56

Analogous

  1. #5654ea
  2. #a154ea
  3. #ea54e8

Triadic

  1. #a154ea
  2. #eaa154
  3. #54eaa1

Tetradic

  1. #a154ea
  2. #ea549d
  3. #9dea54
  4. #54eaa1

Square

  1. #a154ea
  2. #ea5654
  3. #9dea54
  4. #54e8ea

Monochromatic

  1. #541293
  2. #7b1ad7
  3. #a154ea
  4. #c698f2
  5. #ecdcfb

Shades

#a154ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a154ea
  2. #914cd3
  3. #8143bb
  4. #713ba4
  5. #61328c
  6. #512a75
  7. #40225e
  8. #301946
  9. #20112f
  10. #100817
  11. #000000

Tints

#a154ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a154ea
  2. #aa65ec
  3. #b476ee
  4. #bd87f0
  5. #c798f2
  6. #d0aaf5
  7. #d9bbf7
  8. #e3ccf9
  9. #ecddfb
  10. #f6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a154ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a154ea
  2. #9e58df
  3. #9a5dd5
  4. #9761ca
  5. #9466c0
  6. #916ab5
  7. #8d6eaa
  8. #8a73a0
  9. #877795
  10. #837c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c6eb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #267be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #937498 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #656ced ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d6ee8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9969be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a154ea {
  color: #a154ea;
}
Background
.bg-a154ea {
  background-color: #a154ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a154ea {
  border: 2px solid #a154ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a154ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 84 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a154ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a154ea, #ea54e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a154ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 84 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.03 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.66 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.33 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.43 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.36 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.82 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.05 #5eab15 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a154ea  rgb(161, 84, 234)  hsl(271, 78%, 62%)  Amethyst
#9dea54  rgb(157, 234, 84)  hsl(91, 78%, 62%)  Inchworm
#eaa154  rgb(234, 161, 84)  hsl(31, 78%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#54eaa1  rgb(84, 234, 161)  hsl(151, 78%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green