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#A285FD

#a285fd ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a285fd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 52.16% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.97% cyan, 47.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 254.5°, with 96.77% saturation and 75.69% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.6.

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Relative luminance0.3155

Complementary

  1. #a285fd
  2. #e0fd85

Split complementary

  1. #a285fd
  2. #fdde85
  3. #a4fd85

Analogous

  1. #85a4fd
  2. #a285fd
  3. #de85fd

Triadic

  1. #a285fd
  2. #fda285
  3. #85fda2

Tetradic

  1. #a285fd
  2. #fd85e0
  3. #e0fd85
  4. #85fda2

Square

  1. #a285fd
  2. #fd85a4
  3. #e0fd85
  4. #85fdde

Monochromatic

  1. #3a04e5
  2. #693afc
  3. #a285fd
  4. #dbd0fe
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#a285fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a285fd
  2. #9278e4
  3. #826aca
  4. #715db1
  5. #615098
  6. #51437f
  7. #413565
  8. #31284c
  9. #201b33
  10. #100d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a285fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a285fd
  2. #ab91fd
  3. #b59dfd
  4. #beaafe
  5. #c7b6fe
  6. #d1c2fe
  7. #dacefe
  8. #e3dafe
  9. #ece7ff
  10. #f6f3ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a285fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a285fd
  2. #9f85f1
  3. #9b84e4
  4. #9884d8
  5. #9483cb
  6. #9183bf
  7. #8e82b2
  8. #8a82a6
  9. #878199
  10. #83818d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c91c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #599aff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d96fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8b9db5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d92ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f90fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9594d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a285fd {
  color: #a285fd;
}
Background
.bg-a285fd {
  background-color: #a285fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a285fd {
  border: 2px solid #a285fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a285fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 133 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 97% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a285fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a285fd, #de85fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a285fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 133 253 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.60 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.05 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.27 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.25 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.90 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.50 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 13.28 #5d7a02 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a285fd  rgb(162, 133, 253)  hsl(255, 97%, 76%)  Medium Purple
#e0fd85  rgb(224, 253, 133)  hsl(75, 97%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow
#fda285  rgb(253, 162, 133)  hsl(15, 97%, 76%)  Vivid Tangerine
#85fda2  rgb(133, 253, 162)  hsl(135, 97%, 76%)  Pale Green