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#A464EA

#a464ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a464ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 39.22% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.91% cyan, 57.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 268.66°, with 76.14% saturation and 65.49% 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 5.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.74.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2295

Complementary

  1. #a464ea
  2. #aaea64

Split complementary

  1. #a464ea
  2. #eae764
  3. #67ea64

Analogous

  1. #6467ea
  2. #a464ea
  3. #e764ea

Triadic

  1. #a464ea
  2. #eaa464
  3. #64eaa4

Tetradic

  1. #a464ea
  2. #ea64aa
  3. #aaea64
  4. #64eaa4

Square

  1. #a464ea
  2. #ea6467
  3. #aaea64
  4. #64eae7

Monochromatic

  1. #57169f
  2. #7c21e1
  3. #a464ea
  4. #cca7f3
  5. #f3ebfc

Shades

#a464ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a464ea
  2. #945ad3
  3. #8350bb
  4. #7346a4
  5. #623c8c
  6. #523275
  7. #42285e
  8. #311e46
  9. #21142f
  10. #100a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a464ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a464ea
  2. #ad74ec
  3. #b683ee
  4. #bf93f0
  5. #c8a2f2
  6. #d2b2f5
  7. #dbc1f7
  8. #e4d1f9
  9. #ede0fb
  10. #f6f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a464ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a464ea
  2. #a067df
  3. #9d6ad5
  4. #996cca
  5. #966fc0
  6. #9272b5
  7. #8e75aa
  8. #8b78a0
  9. #877a95
  10. #847d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9278b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2982ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4483e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #977f9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7077ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7778e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9c75c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a464ea {
  color: #a464ea;
}
Background
.bg-a464ea {
  background-color: #a464ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a464ea {
  border: 2px solid #a464ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a464ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 100 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a464ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a464ea, #e764ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a464ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 100 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.74 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.79 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.75 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.79 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.40 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.37 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.24 #5b9b15 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a464ea  rgb(164, 100, 234)  hsl(269, 76%, 65%)  Medium Purple
#aaea64  rgb(170, 234, 100)  hsl(89, 76%, 65%)  Inchworm
#eaa464  rgb(234, 164, 100)  hsl(29, 76%, 65%)  Sandy Brown
#64eaa4  rgb(100, 234, 164)  hsl(149, 76%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green