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#A35AFE

#a35afe ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a35afe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 35.29% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.83% cyan, 64.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 266.71°, with 98.8% 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 5.45:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.19.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2225

Complementary

  1. #a35afe
  2. #b5fe5a

Split complementary

  1. #a35afe
  2. #fef55a
  3. #63fe5a

Analogous

  1. #5a63fe
  2. #a35afe
  3. #f55afe

Triadic

  1. #a35afe
  2. #fea35a
  3. #5afea3

Tetradic

  1. #a35afe
  2. #fe5ab5
  3. #b5fe5a
  4. #5afea3

Square

  1. #a35afe
  2. #fe5a63
  3. #b5fe5a
  4. #5afef5

Monochromatic

  1. #5501be
  2. #790efe
  3. #a35afe
  4. #cda6fe
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#a35afe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a35afe
  2. #9351e5
  3. #8248cb
  4. #723fb2
  5. #623698
  6. #522d7f
  7. #412466
  8. #311b4c
  9. #211233
  10. #100919
  11. #000000

Tints

#a35afe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a35afe
  2. #ac6bfe
  3. #b57bfe
  4. #bf8cfe
  5. #c89cfe
  6. #d1adff
  7. #dabdff
  8. #e3ceff
  9. #eddeff
  10. #f6efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a35afe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a35afe
  2. #a05ef1
  3. #9c62e5
  4. #9965d8
  5. #9569cc
  6. #926dbf
  7. #8e71b2
  8. #8b75a6
  9. #877899
  10. #847c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9074c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0081ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0081fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8f7fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6274ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a73fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9772cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a35afe {
  color: #a35afe;
}
Background
.bg-a35afe {
  background-color: #a35afe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a35afe {
  border: 2px solid #a35afe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a35afe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 90 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 99% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a35afe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a35afe, #f55afe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a35afe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 90 254 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.19 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.59 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.60 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.39 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.60 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.80 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.30 #5ca501 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a35afe  rgb(163, 90, 254)  hsl(267, 99%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#b5fe5a  rgb(181, 254, 90)  hsl(87, 99%, 67%)  Green Yellow
#fea35a  rgb(254, 163, 90)  hsl(27, 99%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#5afea3  rgb(90, 254, 163)  hsl(147, 99%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green