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#A183EE

#a183ee ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a183ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 51.37% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.35% cyan, 44.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 256.82°, with 75.89% saturation and 72.35% 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 7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.12.

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Relative luminance0.2998

Complementary

  1. #a183ee
  2. #d0ee83

Split complementary

  1. #a183ee
  2. #eed683
  3. #9aee83

Analogous

  1. #839aee
  2. #a183ee
  3. #d683ee

Triadic

  1. #a183ee
  2. #eea183
  3. #83eea1

Tetradic

  1. #a183ee
  2. #ee83d0
  3. #d0ee83
  4. #83eea1

Square

  1. #a183ee
  2. #ee839a
  3. #d0ee83
  4. #83eed6

Monochromatic

  1. #481abe
  2. #6e40e5
  3. #a183ee
  4. #d4c6f7
  5. #f1edfd

Shades

#a183ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a183ee
  2. #9176d6
  3. #8169be
  4. #715ca7
  5. #614f8f
  6. #514277
  7. #40345f
  8. #302747
  9. #201a30
  10. #100d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#a183ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a183ee
  2. #aa8ff0
  3. #b49cf1
  4. #bda8f3
  5. #c7b5f5
  6. #d0c1f7
  7. #d9cdf8
  8. #e3dafa
  9. #ece6fc
  10. #f6f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a183ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a183ee
  2. #9e83e3
  3. #9a82d8
  4. #9782cd
  5. #9482c2
  6. #9182b7
  7. #8d81ac
  8. #8a81a1
  9. #878196
  10. #83808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a8ebf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6096f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6593eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9097ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f8ff0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #818dec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #978fca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a183ee {
  color: #a183ee;
}
Background
.bg-a183ee {
  background-color: #a183ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a183ee {
  border: 2px solid #a183ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a183ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 131 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 76% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a183ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a183ee, #d683ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a183ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 131 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.12 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.37 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.58 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.01 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.26 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.70 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.63 #5e7c11 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a183ee  rgb(161, 131, 238)  hsl(257, 76%, 72%)  Medium Purple
#d0ee83  rgb(208, 238, 131)  hsl(77, 76%, 72%)  Inchworm
#eea183  rgb(238, 161, 131)  hsl(17, 76%, 72%)  Dark Salmon
#83eea1  rgb(131, 238, 161)  hsl(137, 76%, 72%)  Light Green