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#A361EA

#a361ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a361ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 38.04% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.34% cyan, 58.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 268.91°, with 76.54% saturation and 64.9% 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 5.46:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2228

Complementary

  1. #a361ea
  2. #a8ea61

Split complementary

  1. #a361ea
  2. #eae861
  3. #63ea61

Analogous

  1. #6163ea
  2. #a361ea
  3. #e861ea

Triadic

  1. #a361ea
  2. #eaa361
  3. #61eaa3

Tetradic

  1. #a361ea
  2. #ea61a8
  3. #a8ea61
  4. #61eaa3

Square

  1. #a361ea
  2. #ea6163
  3. #a8ea61
  4. #61eae8

Monochromatic

  1. #57159d
  2. #7c1ee1
  3. #a361ea
  4. #caa5f3
  5. #f2e8fc

Shades

#a361ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a361ea
  2. #9357d3
  3. #824ebb
  4. #7244a4
  5. #623a8c
  6. #523175
  7. #41275e
  8. #311d46
  9. #21132f
  10. #100a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a361ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a361ea
  2. #ac71ec
  3. #b581ee
  4. #bf90f0
  5. #c8a0f2
  6. #d1b0f5
  7. #dac0f7
  8. #e3d0f9
  9. #eddffb
  10. #f6effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a361ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a361ea
  2. #a064df
  3. #9c67d5
  4. #996aca
  5. #956dc0
  6. #9271b5
  7. #8e74aa
  8. #8b77a0
  9. #877a95
  10. #847d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9076b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1e80ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f82e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #967d9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d75ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7576e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b73c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a361ea {
  color: #a361ea;
}
Background
.bg-a361ea {
  background-color: #a361ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a361ea {
  border: 2px solid #a361ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a361ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 97 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 77% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a361ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a361ea, #e861ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a361ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 97 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.83 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.13 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.62 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.69 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.10 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.74 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 11.21 #5c9e15 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a361ea  rgb(163, 97, 234)  hsl(269, 77%, 65%)  Amethyst
#a8ea61  rgb(168, 234, 97)  hsl(89, 77%, 65%)  Inchworm
#eaa361  rgb(234, 163, 97)  hsl(29, 77%, 65%)  Sandy Brown
#61eaa3  rgb(97, 234, 163)  hsl(149, 77%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green