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#A478DD

#a478dd ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a478dd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 47.06% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.79% cyan, 45.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 266.14°, with 59.76% saturation and 66.86% 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 6.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.02.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2655

Complementary

  1. #a478dd
  2. #b1dd78

Split complementary

  1. #a478dd
  2. #ddd678
  3. #7edd78

Analogous

  1. #787edd
  2. #a478dd
  3. #d678dd

Triadic

  1. #a478dd
  2. #dda478
  3. #78dda4

Tetradic

  1. #a478dd
  2. #dd78b1
  3. #b1dd78
  4. #78dda4

Square

  1. #a478dd
  2. #dd787e
  3. #b1dd78
  4. #78ddd6

Monochromatic

  1. #572696
  2. #7b3bce
  3. #a478dd
  4. #cdb5ec
  5. #f4effb

Shades

#a478dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a478dd
  2. #946cc7
  3. #8360b1
  4. #73549b
  5. #624885
  6. #523c6f
  7. #423058
  8. #312442
  9. #21182c
  10. #100c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#a478dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a478dd
  2. #ad86e0
  3. #b693e4
  4. #bfa1e7
  5. #c8aeeb
  6. #d2bcee
  7. #dbc9f1
  8. #e4d7f5
  9. #ede4f8
  10. #f6f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a478dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a478dd
  2. #a079d4
  3. #9d7aca
  4. #997ac1
  5. #967bb8
  6. #927caf
  7. #8e7da5
  8. #8b7e9c
  9. #877e93
  10. #847f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9785b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c8ce1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #668dda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a8aa0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f84df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8385db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e83bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a478dd {
  color: #a478dd;
}
Background
.bg-a478dd {
  background-color: #a478dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a478dd {
  border: 2px solid #a478dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a478dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 120 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 60% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a478dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a478dd, #d678dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a478dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 120 221 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.02 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.08 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.82 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.51 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.42 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.84 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.54 #5b8722 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a478dd  rgb(164, 120, 221)  hsl(266, 60%, 67%)  Floral Lavender
#b1dd78  rgb(177, 221, 120)  hsl(86, 60%, 67%)  Inchworm
#dda478  rgb(221, 164, 120)  hsl(26, 60%, 67%)  Tumbleweed
#78dda4  rgb(120, 221, 164)  hsl(146, 60%, 67%)  Medium Aquamarine