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#A490FA

#a490fa ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a490fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.4% cyan, 42.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 251.32°, with 91.38% saturation and 77.25% 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 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.92.

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Relative luminance0.3474

Complementary

  1. #a490fa
  2. #e6fa90

Split complementary

  1. #a490fa
  2. #fad990
  3. #b1fa90

Analogous

  1. #90b1fa
  2. #a490fa
  3. #d990fa

Triadic

  1. #a490fa
  2. #faa490
  3. #90faa4

Tetradic

  1. #a490fa
  2. #fa90e6
  3. #e6fa90
  4. #90faa4

Square

  1. #a490fa
  2. #fa90b1
  3. #e6fa90
  4. #90fad9

Monochromatic

  1. #340ae7
  2. #6847f7
  3. #a490fa
  4. #e0d9fd
  5. #efebfe

Shades

#a490fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a490fa
  2. #9482e1
  3. #8373c8
  4. #7365af
  5. #625696
  6. #52487d
  7. #423a64
  8. #312b4b
  9. #211d32
  10. #100e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a490fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a490fa
  2. #ad9bfb
  3. #b6a6fb
  4. #bfb1fc
  5. #c8bcfc
  6. #d2c8fd
  7. #dbd3fd
  8. #e4defe
  9. #ede9fe
  10. #f6f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a490fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a490fa
  2. #a08eee
  3. #9d8de2
  4. #998bd5
  5. #968ac9
  6. #9288bd
  7. #8e86b1
  8. #8b85a5
  9. #878398
  10. #84828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a199ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6da1fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f9df7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8fa4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #879bfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8798f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #989cd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a490fa {
  color: #a490fa;
}
Background
.bg-a490fa {
  background-color: #a490fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a490fa {
  border: 2px solid #a490fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a490fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 144 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 91% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a490fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a490fa, #d990fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a490fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 144 250 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.92 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.82 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.19 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 12.70 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 12.72 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.95 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 13.22 #5b6f05 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a490fa  rgb(164, 144, 250)  hsl(251, 91%, 77%)  Floral Lavender
#e6fa90  rgb(230, 250, 144)  hsl(71, 91%, 77%)  Pastel Yellow
#faa490  rgb(250, 164, 144)  hsl(11, 91%, 77%)  Vivid Tangerine
#90faa4  rgb(144, 250, 164)  hsl(131, 91%, 77%)  Pale Green