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#A466EA

#a466ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a466ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.91% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 268.18°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% 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 5.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.45.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2334

Complementary

  1. #a466ea
  2. #acea66

Split complementary

  1. #a466ea
  2. #eae666
  3. #6aea66

Analogous

  1. #666aea
  2. #a466ea
  3. #e666ea

Triadic

  1. #a466ea
  2. #eaa466
  3. #66eaa4

Tetradic

  1. #a466ea
  2. #ea66ac
  3. #acea66
  4. #66eaa4

Square

  1. #a466ea
  2. #ea666a
  3. #acea66
  4. #66eae6

Monochromatic

  1. #5716a1
  2. #7c23e1
  3. #a466ea
  4. #cca9f3
  5. #f4edfc

Shades

#a466ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a466ea
  2. #945cd3
  3. #8352bb
  4. #7347a4
  5. #623d8c
  6. #523375
  7. #42295e
  8. #311f46
  9. #21142f
  10. #100a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a466ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a466ea
  2. #ad75ec
  3. #b685ee
  4. #bf94f0
  5. #c8a3f2
  6. #d2b3f5
  7. #dbc2f7
  8. #e4d1f9
  9. #ede0fb
  10. #f6f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a466ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a466ea
  2. #a069df
  3. #9d6bd5
  4. #996eca
  5. #9670c0
  6. #9273b5
  7. #8e76aa
  8. #8b78a0
  9. #877b95
  10. #847d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #927ab6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2e83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4784e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97809e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7179ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7879e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9c76c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a466ea {
  color: #a466ea;
}
Background
.bg-a466ea {
  background-color: #a466ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a466ea {
  border: 2px solid #a466ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a466ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a466ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a466ea, #e666ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a466ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.45 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.80 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.97 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.76 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.01 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.82 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.00 #5b9915 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a466ea  rgb(164, 102, 234)  hsl(268, 76%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#acea66  rgb(172, 234, 102)  hsl(88, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#eaa466  rgb(234, 164, 102)  hsl(28, 76%, 66%)  Sandy Brown
#66eaa4  rgb(102, 234, 164)  hsl(148, 76%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green