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#A359FF

#a359ff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a359ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 34.9% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.08% cyan, 65.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 266.75°, with 100% saturation and 67.45% 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 5.43:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.38.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2215

Complementary

  1. #a359ff
  2. #b5ff59

Split complementary

  1. #a359ff
  2. #fff659
  3. #62ff59

Analogous

  1. #5962ff
  2. #a359ff
  3. #f659ff

Triadic

  1. #a359ff
  2. #ffa359
  3. #59ffa3

Tetradic

  1. #a359ff
  2. #ff59b5
  3. #b5ff59
  4. #59ffa3

Square

  1. #a359ff
  2. #ff5962
  3. #b5ff59
  4. #59fff6

Monochromatic

  1. #5500bf
  2. #790cff
  3. #a359ff
  4. #cda5ff
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#a359ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a359ff
  2. #9350e6
  3. #8247cc
  4. #723eb3
  5. #623599
  6. #522d80
  7. #412466
  8. #311b4d
  9. #211233
  10. #10091a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a359ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a359ff
  2. #ac6aff
  3. #b57aff
  4. #bf8bff
  5. #c89bff
  6. #d1acff
  7. #dabdff
  8. #e3cdff
  9. #eddeff
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a359ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a359ff
  2. #a05df2
  3. #9c61e6
  4. #9965d9
  5. #9569cc
  6. #926dc0
  7. #8e70b3
  8. #8b74a6
  9. #877899
  10. #847c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9073c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0081ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0080fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8f7fa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6173ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6973fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9772cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a359ff {
  color: #a359ff;
}
Background
.bg-a359ff {
  background-color: #a359ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a359ff {
  border: 2px solid #a359ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a359ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 89 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 100% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a359ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a359ff, #f659ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a359ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 89 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.38 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.66 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.74 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.45 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.47 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.62 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.50 #5ca600 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a359ff  rgb(163, 89, 255)  hsl(267, 100%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#b5ff59  rgb(181, 255, 89)  hsl(87, 100%, 67%)  Green Yellow
#ffa359  rgb(255, 163, 89)  hsl(27, 100%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#59ffa3  rgb(89, 255, 163)  hsl(147, 100%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green