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#A362EA

#a362ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a362ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 38.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.34% cyan, 58.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 268.68°, with 76.4% saturation and 65.1% 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 5.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 4.79.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2246

Complementary

  1. #a362ea
  2. #a9ea62

Split complementary

  1. #a362ea
  2. #eae762
  3. #65ea62

Analogous

  1. #6265ea
  2. #a362ea
  3. #e762ea

Triadic

  1. #a362ea
  2. #eaa362
  3. #62eaa3

Tetradic

  1. #a362ea
  2. #ea62a9
  3. #a9ea62
  4. #62eaa3

Square

  1. #a362ea
  2. #ea6265
  3. #a9ea62
  4. #62eae7

Monochromatic

  1. #56159e
  2. #7b1fe1
  3. #a362ea
  4. #cba5f3
  5. #f2e9fc

Shades

#a362ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a362ea
  2. #9358d3
  3. #824ebb
  4. #7245a4
  5. #623b8c
  6. #523175
  7. #41275e
  8. #311d46
  9. #21142f
  10. #100a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a362ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a362ea
  2. #ac72ec
  3. #b581ee
  4. #bf91f0
  5. #c8a1f2
  6. #d1b1f5
  7. #dac0f7
  8. #e3d0f9
  9. #ede0fb
  10. #f6effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a362ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a362ea
  2. #a065df
  3. #9c68d5
  4. #996bca
  5. #956ec0
  6. #9271b5
  7. #8e74aa
  8. #8b77a0
  9. #877a95
  10. #847d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9177b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2281ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4182e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #967d9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e76ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7577e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b73c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a362ea {
  color: #a362ea;
}
Background
.bg-a362ea {
  background-color: #a362ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a362ea {
  border: 2px solid #a362ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a362ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 98 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a362ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a362ea, #e762ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a362ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 98 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.79 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.96 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.70 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.65 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.90 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.96 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 11.34 #5c9d15 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a362ea  rgb(163, 98, 234)  hsl(269, 76%, 65%)  Amethyst
#a9ea62  rgb(169, 234, 98)  hsl(89, 76%, 65%)  Inchworm
#eaa362  rgb(234, 163, 98)  hsl(29, 76%, 65%)  Sandy Brown
#62eaa3  rgb(98, 234, 163)  hsl(149, 76%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green