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#A47EFA

#a47efa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a47efa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 49.41% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.4% cyan, 49.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 258.39°, with 92.54% saturation and 73.73% 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 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.19.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2972

Complementary

  1. #a47efa
  2. #d4fa7e

Split complementary

  1. #a47efa
  2. #fae27e
  3. #96fa7e

Analogous

  1. #7e96fa
  2. #a47efa
  3. #e27efa

Triadic

  1. #a47efa
  2. #faa47e
  3. #7efaa4

Tetradic

  1. #a47efa
  2. #fa7ed4
  3. #d4fa7e
  4. #7efaa4

Square

  1. #a47efa
  2. #fa7e96
  3. #d4fa7e
  4. #7efae2

Monochromatic

  1. #4808d7
  2. #7034f7
  3. #a47efa
  4. #d8c8fd
  5. #f1ebfe

Shades

#a47efa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a47efa
  2. #9471e1
  3. #8365c8
  4. #7358af
  5. #624c96
  6. #523f7d
  7. #423264
  8. #31264b
  9. #211932
  10. #100d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a47efa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a47efa
  2. #ad8bfb
  3. #b698fb
  4. #bfa5fc
  5. #c8b2fc
  6. #d2bffd
  7. #dbcbfd
  8. #e4d8fe
  9. #ede5fe
  10. #f6f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a47efa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a47efa
  2. #a07eee
  3. #9d7ee2
  4. #997fd5
  5. #967fc9
  6. #927fbd
  7. #8e7fb1
  8. #8b7fa5
  9. #878098
  10. #84808c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b8cc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5095fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5893f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9096b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b8cfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e8bf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #988dd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a47efa {
  color: #a47efa;
}
Background
.bg-a47efa {
  background-color: #a47efa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a47efa {
  border: 2px solid #a47efa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a47efa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 126 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 93% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a47efa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a47efa, #e27efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a47efa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 126 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.19 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.06 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.31 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.57 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.77 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.80 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 12.59 #5b8105 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a47efa  rgb(164, 126, 250)  hsl(258, 93%, 74%)  Medium Purple
#d4fa7e  rgb(212, 250, 126)  hsl(78, 93%, 74%)  Inchworm
#faa47e  rgb(250, 164, 126)  hsl(18, 93%, 74%)  Light Salmon
#7efaa4  rgb(126, 250, 164)  hsl(138, 93%, 74%)  Pale Green