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#A252FF

#a252ff ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a252ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 32.16% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.47% cyan, 67.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 267.75°, with 100% saturation and 66.08% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 7.26.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2094

Complementary

  1. #a252ff
  2. #afff52

Split complementary

  1. #a252ff
  2. #fff952
  3. #58ff52

Analogous

  1. #5258ff
  2. #a252ff
  3. #f952ff

Triadic

  1. #a252ff
  2. #ffa252
  3. #52ffa2

Tetradic

  1. #a252ff
  2. #ff52af
  3. #afff52
  4. #52ffa2

Square

  1. #a252ff
  2. #ff5258
  3. #afff52
  4. #52fff9

Monochromatic

  1. #5500b8
  2. #7906ff
  3. #a252ff
  4. #cb9fff
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#a252ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a252ff
  2. #924ae6
  3. #8242cc
  4. #7139b3
  5. #613199
  6. #512980
  7. #412166
  8. #31194d
  9. #201033
  10. #10081a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a252ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a252ff
  2. #ab63ff
  3. #b575ff
  4. #be86ff
  5. #c797ff
  6. #d1a9ff
  7. #dabaff
  8. #e3cbff
  9. #ecdcff
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a252ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a252ff
  2. #9f57f2
  3. #9b5be6
  4. #9860d9
  5. #9464cc
  6. #9169c0
  7. #8e6eb3
  8. #8a72a6
  9. #877799
  10. #837b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e6fc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007eff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007dfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8d7ba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c6fff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #656efd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #966dce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a252ff {
  color: #a252ff;
}
Background
.bg-a252ff {
  background-color: #a252ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a252ff {
  border: 2px solid #a252ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a252ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 82 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 100% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a252ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a252ff, #f952ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a252ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 82 255 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.26 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.10 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.18 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.33 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.53 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.09 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 10.61 #5dad00 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a252ff  rgb(162, 82, 255)  hsl(268, 100%, 66%)  Electric Purple
#afff52  rgb(175, 255, 82)  hsl(88, 100%, 66%)  Green Yellow
#ffa252  rgb(255, 162, 82)  hsl(28, 100%, 66%)  Sandy Brown
#52ffa2  rgb(82, 255, 162)  hsl(148, 100%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green