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#A511FE

#a511fe ≈ Vivid Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#a511fe is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 6.67% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.04% cyan, 93.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 277.47°, with 99.16% saturation and 53.14% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Vivid Violet (#9f00ff), ΔE 1.41.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1556

Complementary

  1. #a511fe
  2. #6afe11

Split complementary

  1. #a511fe
  2. #e0fe11
  3. #11fe2f

Analogous

  1. #2f11fe
  2. #a511fe
  3. #fe11e0

Triadic

  1. #a511fe
  2. #fea511
  3. #11fea5

Tetradic

  1. #a511fe
  2. #fe116a
  3. #6afe11
  4. #11fea5

Square

  1. #a511fe
  2. #fe2f11
  3. #6afe11
  4. #11e0fe

Monochromatic

  1. #4a0076
  2. #7901c2
  3. #a511fe
  4. #c25dfe
  5. #dfa9ff

Shades

#a511fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a511fe
  2. #950fe5
  3. #840ecb
  4. #740cb2
  5. #630a98
  6. #53097f
  7. #420766
  8. #32054c
  9. #210333
  10. #110219
  11. #000000

Tints

#a511fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a511fe
  2. #ae29fe
  3. #b741fe
  4. #c058fe
  5. #c970fe
  6. #d288ff
  7. #dba0ff
  8. #e4b8ff
  9. #edcfff
  10. #f6e7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a511fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a511fe
  2. #a11cf1
  3. #9e27e5
  4. #9a32d8
  5. #963dcc
  6. #9349bf
  7. #8f54b2
  8. #8b5fa6
  9. #876a99
  10. #84758d
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6e6e6e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8757ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006efa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #946296 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4954ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5957fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b4ec8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a511fe {
  color: #a511fe;
}
Background
.bg-a511fe {
  background-color: #a511fe;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-a511fe {
  border: 2px solid #a511fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a511fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 17 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 99% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a511fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a511fe, #fe11e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a511fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 17 254 / 0.35);
}

#9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 1.41 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 3.92 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.37 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.08 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.31 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.95 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.33 #5aee01 Inverted #6e6e6e Grayscale 

Vivid Violet
#a511fe  rgb(165, 17, 254)  hsl(277, 99%, 53%)  Vivid Violet
#6afe11  rgb(106, 254, 17)  hsl(97, 99%, 53%)  Lawn Green
#fea511  rgb(254, 165, 17)  hsl(37, 99%, 53%)  Orange
#11fea5  rgb(17, 254, 165)  hsl(157, 99%, 53%)  Medium Spring Green