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#A249ED

#a249ed ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a249ed is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 28.63% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.65% cyan, 69.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 272.56°, with 82% saturation and 60.78% 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 4.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.67.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1856

Complementary

  1. #a249ed
  2. #94ed49

Split complementary

  1. #a249ed
  2. #e6ed49
  3. #49ed50

Analogous

  1. #5049ed
  2. #a249ed
  3. #ed49e6

Triadic

  1. #a249ed
  2. #eda249
  3. #49eda2

Tetradic

  1. #a249ed
  2. #ed4994
  3. #94ed49
  4. #49eda2

Square

  1. #a249ed
  2. #ed5049
  3. #94ed49
  4. #49e6ed

Monochromatic

  1. #540e8f
  2. #7d15d4
  3. #a249ed
  4. #c68ff4
  5. #e9d4fb

Shades

#a249ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a249ed
  2. #9242d5
  3. #823abe
  4. #7133a6
  5. #612c8e
  6. #512577
  7. #411d5f
  8. #311647
  9. #200f2f
  10. #100718
  11. #000000

Tints

#a249ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a249ed
  2. #ab5bef
  3. #b56df1
  4. #be80f2
  5. #c792f4
  6. #d1a4f6
  7. #dab6f8
  8. #e3c8fa
  9. #ecdbfb
  10. #f6edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a249ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a249ed
  2. #9f4fe2
  3. #9b54d7
  4. #985acc
  5. #945fc1
  6. #9165b7
  7. #8e6aac
  8. #8a70a1
  9. #877596
  10. #837b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a68b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0075f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #946f96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f66f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a68eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a62bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a249ed {
  color: #a249ed;
}
Background
.bg-a249ed {
  background-color: #a249ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a249ed {
  border: 2px solid #a249ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a249ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 73 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 82% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a249ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a249ed, #ed49e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a249ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 73 237 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.67 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.94 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.23 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.40 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.73 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.88 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.73 #5db612 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a249ed  rgb(162, 73, 237)  hsl(273, 82%, 61%)  Electric Purple
#94ed49  rgb(148, 237, 73)  hsl(93, 82%, 61%)  Inchworm
#eda249  rgb(237, 162, 73)  hsl(33, 82%, 61%)  Neon Carrot
#49eda2  rgb(73, 237, 162)  hsl(153, 82%, 61%)  Medium Spring Green