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#A35FC6

#a35fc6 ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a35fc6 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 37.25% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.68% cyan, 52.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 279.61°, with 47.47% saturation and 57.45% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 3.14.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2005

Complementary

  1. #a35fc6
  2. #82c65f

Split complementary

  1. #a35fc6
  2. #b6c65f
  3. #5fc66f

Analogous

  1. #6f5fc6
  2. #a35fc6
  3. #c65fb6

Triadic

  1. #a35fc6
  2. #c6a35f
  3. #5fc6a3

Tetradic

  1. #a35fc6
  2. #c65f82
  3. #82c65f
  4. #5fc6a3

Square

  1. #a35fc6
  2. #c66f5f
  3. #82c65f
  4. #5fb6c6

Monochromatic

  1. #512567
  2. #7d39a0
  3. #a35fc6
  4. #c397da
  5. #e4d0ee

Shades

#a35fc6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a35fc6
  2. #9356b2
  3. #824c9e
  4. #72438b
  5. #623977
  6. #523063
  7. #41264f
  8. #311d3b
  9. #211328
  10. #100a14
  11. #000000

Tints

#a35fc6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a35fc6
  2. #ac6fcc
  3. #b57fd1
  4. #bf8fd7
  5. #c89fdd
  6. #d1afe3
  7. #dabfe8
  8. #e3cfee
  9. #eddff4
  10. #f6eff9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a35fc6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a35fc6
  2. #a062bf
  3. #9c66b8
  4. #9969b1
  5. #956caa
  6. #9270a3
  7. #8e739c
  8. #8b7695
  9. #87798e
  10. #847d87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d719f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4678c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b7dc3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0708a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #776fc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e72c4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a169a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a35fc6 {
  color: #a35fc6;
}
Background
.bg-a35fc6 {
  background-color: #a35fc6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a35fc6 {
  border: 2px solid #a35fc6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a35fc6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 95 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 47% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a35fc6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a35fc6, #c65fb6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a35fc6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 95 198 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 3.14 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.48 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 6.24 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.28 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.88 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.25 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.26 #5ca039 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a35fc6  rgb(163, 95, 198)  hsl(280, 47%, 57%)  Amethyst
#82c65f  rgb(130, 198, 95)  hsl(100, 47%, 57%)  Mantis
#c6a35f  rgb(198, 163, 95)  hsl(40, 47%, 57%)  Camel
#5fc6a3  rgb(95, 198, 163)  hsl(160, 47%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine