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#A236FA

#a236fa ≈ Vivid Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#a236fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 21.18% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.2% cyan, 78.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 273.06°, with 95.15% saturation and 59.61% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Vivid Violet (#9f00ff), ΔE 4.08.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1722

Complementary

  1. #a236fa
  2. #8efa36

Split complementary

  1. #a236fa
  2. #f0fa36
  3. #36fa40

Analogous

  1. #4036fa
  2. #a236fa
  3. #fa36f0

Triadic

  1. #a236fa
  2. #faa236
  3. #36faa2

Tetradic

  1. #a236fa
  2. #fa368e
  3. #8efa36
  4. #36faa2

Square

  1. #a236fa
  2. #fa4036
  3. #8efa36
  4. #36f0fa

Monochromatic

  1. #530493
  2. #7d06de
  3. #a236fa
  4. #c581fc
  5. #e7cbfe

Shades

#a236fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a236fa
  2. #9231e1
  3. #822bc8
  4. #7126af
  5. #612096
  6. #511b7d
  7. #411664
  8. #31104b
  9. #200b32
  10. #100519
  11. #000000

Tints

#a236fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a236fa
  2. #ab4afb
  3. #b55efb
  4. #be72fc
  5. #c786fc
  6. #d19bfd
  7. #daaffd
  8. #e3c3fe
  9. #ecd7fe
  10. #f6ebff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a236fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a236fa
  2. #9f3dee
  3. #9b45e2
  4. #984cd5
  5. #9454c9
  6. #915bbd
  7. #8e62b1
  8. #8a6aa5
  9. #877198
  10. #83798c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8860b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0071ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #906b99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #515ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e60f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #985ac7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a236fa {
  color: #a236fa;
}
Background
.bg-a236fa {
  background-color: #a236fa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-a236fa {
  border: 2px solid #a236fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a236fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 54 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a236fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a236fa, #fa36f0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a236fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 54 250 / 0.35);
}

#9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.08 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.32 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.04 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.16 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.72 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 8.82 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.74 #5dc905 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

Vivid Violet
#a236fa  rgb(162, 54, 250)  hsl(273, 95%, 60%)  Vivid Violet
#8efa36  rgb(142, 250, 54)  hsl(93, 95%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#faa236  rgb(250, 162, 54)  hsl(33, 95%, 60%)  Neon Carrot
#36faa2  rgb(54, 250, 162)  hsl(153, 95%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green