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#A257FF

#a257ff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a257ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 34.12% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.47% cyan, 65.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 266.79°, with 100% saturation and 67.06% 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 5.34:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.63.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2172

Complementary

  1. #a257ff
  2. #b4ff57

Split complementary

  1. #a257ff
  2. #fff657
  3. #60ff57

Analogous

  1. #5760ff
  2. #a257ff
  3. #f657ff

Triadic

  1. #a257ff
  2. #ffa257
  3. #57ffa2

Tetradic

  1. #a257ff
  2. #ff57b4
  3. #b4ff57
  4. #57ffa2

Square

  1. #a257ff
  2. #ff5760
  3. #b4ff57
  4. #57fff6

Monochromatic

  1. #5400bd
  2. #780bff
  3. #a257ff
  4. #cca4ff
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#a257ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a257ff
  2. #924ee6
  3. #8246cc
  4. #713db3
  5. #613499
  6. #512c80
  7. #412366
  8. #311a4d
  9. #201133
  10. #10091a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a257ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a257ff
  2. #ab68ff
  3. #b579ff
  4. #be89ff
  5. #c79aff
  6. #d1abff
  7. #dabcff
  8. #e3cdff
  9. #ecddff
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a257ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a257ff
  2. #9f5bf2
  3. #9b5fe6
  4. #9863d9
  5. #9467cc
  6. #916cc0
  7. #8e70b3
  8. #8a74a6
  9. #877899
  10. #837c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f72c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0080ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007ffb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8d7ea4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f72ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6771fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9670cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a257ff {
  color: #a257ff;
}
Background
.bg-a257ff {
  background-color: #a257ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a257ff {
  border: 2px solid #a257ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a257ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 87 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 100% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a257ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a257ff, #f657ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a257ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 87 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.63 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.67 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.85 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.12 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.54 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.13 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 11.49 #5da800 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a257ff  rgb(162, 87, 255)  hsl(267, 100%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#b4ff57  rgb(180, 255, 87)  hsl(87, 100%, 67%)  Green Yellow
#ffa257  rgb(255, 162, 87)  hsl(27, 100%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#57ffa2  rgb(87, 255, 162)  hsl(147, 100%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green