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#A421EA

#a421ea ≈ Vivid Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#a421ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 12.94% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.91% cyan, 85.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 279.1°, with 82.72% saturation and 52.35% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.27:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Vivid Violet (#9f00ff), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1492

Complementary

  1. #a421ea
  2. #67ea21

Split complementary

  1. #a421ea
  2. #ccea21
  3. #21ea3f

Analogous

  1. #3f21ea
  2. #a421ea
  3. #ea21cc

Triadic

  1. #a421ea
  2. #eaa421
  3. #21eaa4

Tetradic

  1. #a421ea
  2. #ea2167
  3. #67ea21
  4. #21eaa4

Square

  1. #a421ea
  2. #ea3f21
  3. #67ea21
  4. #21ccea

Monochromatic

  1. #470a68
  2. #7710ae
  3. #a421ea
  4. #c167f1
  5. #ddadf7

Shades

#a421ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a421ea
  2. #941ed3
  3. #831abb
  4. #7317a4
  5. #62148c
  6. #521175
  7. #420d5e
  8. #310a46
  9. #21072f
  10. #100317
  11. #000000

Tints

#a421ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a421ea
  2. #ad37ec
  3. #b64dee
  4. #bf64f0
  5. #c87af2
  6. #d290f5
  7. #dba6f7
  8. #e4bcf9
  9. #edd3fb
  10. #f6e9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a421ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a421ea
  2. #a02bdf
  3. #9d34d5
  4. #993eca
  5. #9647c0
  6. #9251b5
  7. #8e5aaa
  8. #8b64a0
  9. #876d95
  10. #84778b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6c6c6c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8657ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0067ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006de6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #995c8c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5554ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6358e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9d4bb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a421ea {
  color: #a421ea;
}
Background
.bg-a421ea {
  background-color: #a421ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-a421ea {
  border: 2px solid #a421ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a421ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 33 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 83% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a421ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a421ea, #ea21cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a421ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 33 234 / 0.35);
}

#9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 2.85 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.05 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.21 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 4.71 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.93 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 5.49 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.80 #5bde15 Inverted #6c6c6c Grayscale 

Vivid Violet
#a421ea  rgb(164, 33, 234)  hsl(279, 83%, 52%)  Vivid Violet
#67ea21  rgb(103, 234, 33)  hsl(99, 83%, 52%)  Lawn Green
#eaa421  rgb(234, 164, 33)  hsl(39, 83%, 52%)  Marigold
#21eaa4  rgb(33, 234, 164)  hsl(159, 83%, 52%)  Medium Spring Green