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#A18AFA

#a18afa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a18afa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 54.12% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.6% cyan, 44.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 252.32°, with 91.8% saturation and 76.08% 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 7.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 8.42.

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Relative luminance0.3266

Complementary

  1. #a18afa
  2. #e3fa8a

Split complementary

  1. #a18afa
  2. #fad98a
  3. #abfa8a

Analogous

  1. #8aabfa
  2. #a18afa
  3. #d98afa

Triadic

  1. #a18afa
  2. #faa18a
  3. #8afaa1

Tetradic

  1. #a18afa
  2. #fa8ae3
  3. #e3fa8a
  4. #8afaa1

Square

  1. #a18afa
  2. #fa8aab
  3. #e3fa8a
  4. #8afad9

Monochromatic

  1. #360ae1
  2. #6641f7
  3. #a18afa
  4. #dcd3fd
  5. #efebfe

Shades

#a18afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a18afa
  2. #917ce1
  3. #816ec8
  4. #7161af
  5. #615396
  6. #51457d
  7. #403764
  8. #30294b
  9. #201c32
  10. #100e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a18afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a18afa
  2. #aa96fb
  3. #b4a1fb
  4. #bdadfc
  5. #c7b9fc
  6. #d0c5fd
  7. #d9d0fd
  8. #e3dcfe
  9. #ece8fe
  10. #f6f3ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a18afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a18afa
  2. #9e89ee
  3. #9a88e2
  4. #9787d5
  5. #9486c9
  6. #9185bd
  7. #8d84b1
  8. #8a83a5
  9. #878298
  10. #83818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d94c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #639dfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6698f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ba0b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8196fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8293f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9497d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a18afa {
  color: #a18afa;
}
Background
.bg-a18afa {
  background-color: #a18afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a18afa {
  border: 2px solid #a18afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a18afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 138 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 92% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a18afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a18afa, #d98afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a18afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 138 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.42 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.43 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.18 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 12.13 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.48 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.75 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 13.23 #5e7505 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a18afa  rgb(161, 138, 250)  hsl(252, 92%, 76%)  Medium Purple
#e3fa8a  rgb(227, 250, 138)  hsl(72, 92%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow
#faa18a  rgb(250, 161, 138)  hsl(12, 92%, 76%)  Vivid Tangerine
#8afaa1  rgb(138, 250, 161)  hsl(132, 92%, 76%)  Pale Green