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#A459FA

#a459fa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a459fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 34.9% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.4% cyan, 64.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 267.95°, with 94.15% saturation and 66.47% 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 5.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.14.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2194

Complementary

  1. #a459fa
  2. #affa59

Split complementary

  1. #a459fa
  2. #faf459
  3. #5efa59

Analogous

  1. #595efa
  2. #a459fa
  3. #f459fa

Triadic

  1. #a459fa
  2. #faa459
  3. #59faa4

Tetradic

  1. #a459fa
  2. #fa59af
  3. #affa59
  4. #59faa4

Square

  1. #a459fa
  2. #fa595e
  3. #affa59
  4. #59faf4

Monochromatic

  1. #5705b5
  2. #7b0ff8
  3. #a459fa
  4. #cda3fc
  5. #f4ebfe

Shades

#a459fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a459fa
  2. #9450e1
  3. #8347c8
  4. #733eaf
  5. #623596
  6. #522d7d
  7. #422464
  8. #311b4b
  9. #211232
  10. #100919
  11. #000000

Tints

#a459fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a459fa
  2. #ad6afb
  3. #b67afb
  4. #bf8bfc
  5. #c89bfc
  6. #d2acfd
  7. #dbbdfd
  8. #e4cdfe
  9. #eddefe
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a459fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a459fa
  2. #a05dee
  3. #9d61e2
  4. #9965d5
  5. #9669c9
  6. #926dbd
  7. #8e70b1
  8. #8b74a5
  9. #877898
  10. #847c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9073be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0080ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0e80f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #927da2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6472fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c72f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a70cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a459fa {
  color: #a459fa;
}
Background
.bg-a459fa {
  background-color: #a459fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a459fa {
  border: 2px solid #a459fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a459fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 89 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a459fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a459fa, #f459fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a459fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 89 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.14 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.18 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.83 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.83 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.25 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.52 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.18 #5ba605 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a459fa  rgb(164, 89, 250)  hsl(268, 94%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#affa59  rgb(175, 250, 89)  hsl(88, 94%, 66%)  Inchworm
#faa459  rgb(250, 164, 89)  hsl(28, 94%, 66%)  Sandy Brown
#59faa4  rgb(89, 250, 164)  hsl(148, 94%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green