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#A485FF

#a485ff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a485ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 52.16% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.69% cyan, 47.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 255.25°, with 100% saturation and 76.08% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.8.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3189

Complementary

  1. #a485ff
  2. #e0ff85

Split complementary

  1. #a485ff
  2. #ffe185
  3. #a3ff85

Analogous

  1. #85a3ff
  2. #a485ff
  3. #e185ff

Triadic

  1. #a485ff
  2. #ffa485
  3. #85ffa4

Tetradic

  1. #a485ff
  2. #ff85e0
  3. #e0ff85
  4. #85ffa4

Square

  1. #a485ff
  2. #ff85a3
  3. #e0ff85
  4. #85ffe1

Monochromatic

  1. #3c00eb
  2. #6b39ff
  3. #a485ff
  4. #ddd2ff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#a485ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a485ff
  2. #9478e6
  3. #836acc
  4. #735db3
  5. #625099
  6. #524380
  7. #423566
  8. #31284d
  9. #211b33
  10. #100d1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a485ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a485ff
  2. #ad91ff
  3. #b69dff
  4. #bfaaff
  5. #c8b6ff
  6. #d2c2ff
  7. #dbceff
  8. #e4daff
  9. #ede7ff
  10. #f6f3ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a485ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a485ff
  2. #a085f2
  3. #9d84e6
  4. #9984d9
  5. #9683cc
  6. #9283c0
  7. #8e82b3
  8. #8b82a6
  9. #878199
  10. #84818d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e91ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #589bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d97fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8e9db6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e92ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8090fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9794d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a485ff {
  color: #a485ff;
}
Background
.bg-a485ff {
  background-color: #a485ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a485ff {
  border: 2px solid #a485ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a485ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 133 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 100% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a485ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a485ff, #e185ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a485ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 133 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.80 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.99 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.50 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.38 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.57 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.72 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 13.52 #5b7a00 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a485ff  rgb(164, 133, 255)  hsl(255, 100%, 76%)  Medium Purple
#e0ff85  rgb(224, 255, 133)  hsl(75, 100%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffa485  rgb(255, 164, 133)  hsl(15, 100%, 76%)  Light Salmon
#85ffa4  rgb(133, 255, 164)  hsl(135, 100%, 76%)  Pale Green