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#A265FA

#a265fa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a265fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 39.61% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.2% cyan, 59.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 264.56°, with 93.71% saturation and 68.82% 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 5.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.51.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2389

Complementary

  1. #a265fa
  2. #bdfa65

Split complementary

  1. #a265fa
  2. #faec65
  3. #72fa65

Analogous

  1. #6572fa
  2. #a265fa
  3. #ec65fa

Triadic

  1. #a265fa
  2. #faa265
  3. #65faa2

Tetradic

  1. #a265fa
  2. #fa65bd
  3. #bdfa65
  4. #65faa2

Square

  1. #a265fa
  2. #fa6572
  3. #bdfa65
  4. #65faec

Monochromatic

  1. #5206c0
  2. #751bf8
  3. #a265fa
  4. #cfaffc
  5. #f3ebfe

Shades

#a265fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a265fa
  2. #925be1
  3. #8251c8
  4. #7147af
  5. #613d96
  6. #51337d
  7. #412864
  8. #311e4b
  9. #201432
  10. #100a19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a265fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a265fa
  2. #ab74fb
  3. #b584fb
  4. #be93fc
  5. #c7a3fc
  6. #d1b2fd
  7. #dac1fd
  8. #e3d1fe
  9. #ece0fe
  10. #f6f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a265fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a265fa
  2. #9f68ee
  3. #9b6ae2
  4. #986dd5
  5. #9470c9
  6. #9173bd
  7. #8e75b1
  8. #8a78a5
  9. #877b98
  10. #837d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #927ac0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0086ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2e85f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8f85a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #697afd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7079f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9779cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a265fa {
  color: #a265fa;
}
Background
.bg-a265fa {
  background-color: #a265fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a265fa {
  border: 2px solid #a265fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a265fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 101 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a265fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a265fa, #ec65fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a265fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 101 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.51 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.93 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.00 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.77 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.47 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.79 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.53 #5d9a05 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a265fa  rgb(162, 101, 250)  hsl(265, 94%, 69%)  Medium Purple
#bdfa65  rgb(189, 250, 101)  hsl(85, 94%, 69%)  Inchworm
#faa265  rgb(250, 162, 101)  hsl(25, 94%, 69%)  Sandy Brown
#65faa2  rgb(101, 250, 162)  hsl(145, 94%, 69%)  Medium Spring Green