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#A172FA

#a172fa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a172fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 44.71% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.6% cyan, 54.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 260.74°, with 93.15% saturation and 71.37% 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 6.3:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.89.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2651

Complementary

  1. #a172fa
  2. #cbfa72

Split complementary

  1. #a172fa
  2. #fae572
  3. #87fa72

Analogous

  1. #7287fa
  2. #a172fa
  3. #e572fa

Triadic

  1. #a172fa
  2. #faa172
  3. #72faa1

Tetradic

  1. #a172fa
  2. #fa72cb
  3. #cbfa72
  4. #72faa1

Square

  1. #a172fa
  2. #fa7287
  3. #cbfa72
  4. #72fae5

Monochromatic

  1. #4b07cc
  2. #7028f7
  3. #a172fa
  4. #d2bcfd
  5. #f2ebfe

Shades

#a172fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a172fa
  2. #9167e1
  3. #815bc8
  4. #7150af
  5. #614496
  6. #51397d
  7. #402e64
  8. #30224b
  9. #201732
  10. #100b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a172fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a172fa
  2. #aa80fb
  3. #b48efb
  4. #bd9cfc
  5. #c7aafc
  6. #d0b9fd
  7. #d9c7fd
  8. #e3d5fe
  9. #ece3fe
  10. #f6f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a172fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a172fa
  2. #9e73ee
  3. #9a75e2
  4. #9776d5
  5. #9478c9
  6. #9179bd
  7. #8d7ab1
  8. #8a7ca5
  9. #877d98
  10. #837f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9583c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #358dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #448bf7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8c8eab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7183fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7582f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9584d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a172fa {
  color: #a172fa;
}
Background
.bg-a172fa {
  background-color: #a172fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a172fa {
  border: 2px solid #a172fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a172fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 114 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a172fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a172fa, #e572fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a172fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 114 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.89 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.36 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.81 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.98 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.60 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.01 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.03 #5e8d05 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a172fa  rgb(161, 114, 250)  hsl(261, 93%, 71%)  Medium Purple
#cbfa72  rgb(203, 250, 114)  hsl(81, 93%, 71%)  Inchworm
#faa172  rgb(250, 161, 114)  hsl(21, 93%, 71%)  Light Salmon
#72faa1  rgb(114, 250, 161)  hsl(141, 93%, 71%)  Medium Spring Green