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#A285FF

#a285ff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a285ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.47% cyan, 47.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 254.26°, with 100% saturation and 76.08% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.77.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3168

Complementary

  1. #a285ff
  2. #e2ff85

Split complementary

  1. #a285ff
  2. #ffdf85
  3. #a5ff85

Analogous

  1. #85a5ff
  2. #a285ff
  3. #df85ff

Triadic

  1. #a285ff
  2. #ffa285
  3. #85ffa2

Tetradic

  1. #a285ff
  2. #ff85e2
  3. #e2ff85
  4. #85ffa2

Square

  1. #a285ff
  2. #ff85a5
  3. #e2ff85
  4. #85ffdf

Monochromatic

  1. #3800eb
  2. #6839ff
  3. #a285ff
  4. #dcd2ff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#a285ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a285ff
  2. #9278e6
  3. #826acc
  4. #715db3
  5. #615099
  6. #514380
  7. #413566
  8. #31284d
  9. #201b33
  10. #100d1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a285ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a285ff
  2. #ab91ff
  3. #b59dff
  4. #beaaff
  5. #c7b6ff
  6. #d1c2ff
  7. #daceff
  8. #e3daff
  9. #ece7ff
  10. #f6f3ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a285ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a285ff
  2. #9f85f2
  3. #9b84e6
  4. #9884d9
  5. #9483cc
  6. #9183c0
  7. #8e82b3
  8. #8a82a6
  9. #878199
  10. #83818d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c91ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #589aff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c96fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8b9db6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c92ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e90fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9594d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a285ff {
  color: #a285ff;
}
Background
.bg-a285ff {
  background-color: #a285ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a285ff {
  border: 2px solid #a285ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a285ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 133 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 100% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a285ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a285ff, #df85ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a285ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 133 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.77 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.28 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.29 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.44 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.95 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.78 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 13.37 #5d7a00 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a285ff  rgb(162, 133, 255)  hsl(254, 100%, 76%)  Medium Purple
#e2ff85  rgb(226, 255, 133)  hsl(74, 100%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffa285  rgb(255, 162, 133)  hsl(14, 100%, 76%)  Vivid Tangerine
#85ffa2  rgb(133, 255, 162)  hsl(134, 100%, 76%)  Pale Green