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#A264EA

#a264ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a264ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 39.22% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.77% cyan, 57.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 267.76°, with 76.14% saturation and 65.49% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.54.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2274

Complementary

  1. #a264ea
  2. #acea64

Split complementary

  1. #a264ea
  2. #eae564
  3. #69ea64

Analogous

  1. #6469ea
  2. #a264ea
  3. #e564ea

Triadic

  1. #a264ea
  2. #eaa264
  3. #64eaa2

Tetradic

  1. #a264ea
  2. #ea64ac
  3. #acea64
  4. #64eaa2

Square

  1. #a264ea
  2. #ea6469
  3. #acea64
  4. #64eae5

Monochromatic

  1. #55169f
  2. #7a21e1
  3. #a264ea
  4. #caa7f3
  5. #f3ebfc

Shades

#a264ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a264ea
  2. #925ad3
  3. #8250bb
  4. #7146a4
  5. #613c8c
  6. #513275
  7. #41285e
  8. #311e46
  9. #20142f
  10. #100a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a264ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a264ea
  2. #ab74ec
  3. #b583ee
  4. #be93f0
  5. #c7a2f2
  6. #d1b2f5
  7. #dac1f7
  8. #e3d1f9
  9. #ece0fb
  10. #f6f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a264ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a264ea
  2. #9f67df
  3. #9b6ad5
  4. #986cca
  5. #946fc0
  6. #9172b5
  7. #8e75aa
  8. #8a78a0
  9. #877a95
  10. #837d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9078b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2782ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4283e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #947f9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e77ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7578e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a75c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a264ea {
  color: #a264ea;
}
Background
.bg-a264ea {
  background-color: #a264ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a264ea {
  border: 2px solid #a264ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a264ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 100 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a264ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a264ea, #e564ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a264ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 100 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.54 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.74 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.02 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.41 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.63 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.44 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.26 #5d9b15 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a264ea  rgb(162, 100, 234)  hsl(268, 76%, 65%)  Medium Purple
#acea64  rgb(172, 234, 100)  hsl(88, 76%, 65%)  Inchworm
#eaa264  rgb(234, 162, 100)  hsl(28, 76%, 65%)  Sandy Brown
#64eaa2  rgb(100, 234, 162)  hsl(148, 76%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green