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#A490EF

#a490ef ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a490ef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 56.47% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.38% cyan, 39.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 252.63°, with 74.8% saturation and 75.1% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 7.97.

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Relative luminance0.3407

Complementary

  1. #a490ef
  2. #dbef90

Split complementary

  1. #a490ef
  2. #efd490
  3. #acef90

Analogous

  1. #90acef
  2. #a490ef
  3. #d490ef

Triadic

  1. #a490ef
  2. #efa490
  3. #90efa4

Tetradic

  1. #a490ef
  2. #ef90db
  3. #dbef90
  4. #90efa4

Square

  1. #a490ef
  2. #ef90ac
  3. #dbef90
  4. #90efd4

Monochromatic

  1. #411dc9
  2. #6d4de5
  3. #a490ef
  4. #dbd3f9
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#a490ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a490ef
  2. #9482d7
  3. #8373bf
  4. #7365a7
  5. #62568f
  6. #524878
  7. #423a60
  8. #312b48
  9. #211d30
  10. #100e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#a490ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a490ef
  2. #ad9bf1
  3. #b6a6f2
  4. #bfb1f4
  5. #c8bcf5
  6. #d2c8f7
  7. #dbd3f9
  8. #e4defa
  9. #ede9fc
  10. #f6f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a490ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a490ef
  2. #a08ee4
  3. #9d8dd9
  4. #998bce
  5. #968ac3
  6. #9288b8
  7. #8e86ac
  8. #8b85a1
  9. #878396
  10. #84828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a098c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749ff3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769ced ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93a1b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8a99f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b97ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a9bce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a490ef {
  color: #a490ef;
}
Background
.bg-a490ef {
  background-color: #a490ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a490ef {
  border: 2px solid #a490ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a490ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 144 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 75% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a490ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a490ef, #d490ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a490ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 144 239 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.97 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.45 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.45 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.48 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.57 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 12.80 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.96 #5b6f10 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a490ef  rgb(164, 144, 239)  hsl(253, 75%, 75%)  Floral Lavender
#dbef90  rgb(219, 239, 144)  hsl(73, 75%, 75%)  Pastel Yellow
#efa490  rgb(239, 164, 144)  hsl(13, 75%, 75%)  Vivid Tangerine
#90efa4  rgb(144, 239, 164)  hsl(133, 75%, 75%)  Light Green