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#A466FA

#a466fa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a466fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.4% cyan, 59.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 265.14°, with 93.67% saturation and 69.02% 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 5.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.54.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.243

Complementary

  1. #a466fa
  2. #bcfa66

Split complementary

  1. #a466fa
  2. #faee66
  3. #72fa66

Analogous

  1. #6672fa
  2. #a466fa
  3. #ee66fa

Triadic

  1. #a466fa
  2. #faa466
  3. #66faa4

Tetradic

  1. #a466fa
  2. #fa66bc
  3. #bcfa66
  4. #66faa4

Square

  1. #a466fa
  2. #fa6672
  3. #bcfa66
  4. #66faee

Monochromatic

  1. #5406c1
  2. #781cf8
  3. #a466fa
  4. #d0b0fc
  5. #f3ebfe

Shades

#a466fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a466fa
  2. #945ce1
  3. #8352c8
  4. #7347af
  5. #623d96
  6. #52337d
  7. #422964
  8. #311f4b
  9. #211432
  10. #100a19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a466fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a466fa
  2. #ad75fb
  3. #b685fb
  4. #bf94fc
  5. #c8a3fc
  6. #d2b3fd
  7. #dbc2fd
  8. #e4d1fe
  9. #ede0fe
  10. #f6f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a466fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a466fa
  2. #a069ee
  3. #9d6be2
  4. #996ed5
  5. #9670c9
  6. #9273bd
  7. #8e76b1
  8. #8b78a5
  9. #877b98
  10. #847d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #947bc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0287ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3386f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9185a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c7bfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #727bf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #997acd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a466fa {
  color: #a466fa;
}
Background
.bg-a466fa {
  background-color: #a466fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a466fa {
  border: 2px solid #a466fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a466fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 102 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a466fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a466fa, #ee66fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a466fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 102 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.54 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.96 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.35 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.65 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.11 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.93 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.10 #5b9905 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a466fa  rgb(164, 102, 250)  hsl(265, 94%, 69%)  Medium Purple
#bcfa66  rgb(188, 250, 102)  hsl(85, 94%, 69%)  Inchworm
#faa466  rgb(250, 164, 102)  hsl(25, 94%, 69%)  Sandy Brown
#66faa4  rgb(102, 250, 164)  hsl(145, 94%, 69%)  Medium Spring Green