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#A550FA

#a550fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a550fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 31.37% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34% cyan, 68% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 94.44% saturation and 64.71% 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 5.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 6.62.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2064

Complementary

  1. #a550fa
  2. #a5fa50

Split complementary

  1. #a550fa
  2. #fafa50
  3. #50fa50

Analogous

  1. #5050fa
  2. #a550fa
  3. #fa50fa

Triadic

  1. #a550fa
  2. #faa550
  3. #50faa5

Tetradic

  1. #a550fa
  2. #fa50a5
  3. #a5fa50
  4. #50faa5

Square

  1. #a550fa
  2. #fa5050
  3. #a5fa50
  4. #50fafa

Monochromatic

  1. #5905ac
  2. #7f07f6
  3. #a550fa
  4. #cb9afc
  5. #f2e5fe

Shades

#a550fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a550fa
  2. #9548e1
  3. #8440c8
  4. #7438af
  5. #633096
  6. #53287d
  7. #422064
  8. #32184b
  9. #211032
  10. #110819
  11. #000000

Tints

#a550fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a550fa
  2. #ae62fb
  3. #b773fb
  4. #c085fc
  5. #c996fc
  6. #d2a8fd
  7. #dbb9fd
  8. #e4cbfe
  9. #eddcfe
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a550fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a550fa
  2. #a155ee
  3. #9e5ae2
  4. #9a5ed5
  5. #9663c9
  6. #9368bd
  7. #8f6db1
  8. #8b72a5
  9. #877698
  10. #847b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f6ebd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007df6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94789f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #606dfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a6ef8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b6aca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a550fa {
  color: #a550fa;
}
Background
.bg-a550fa {
  background-color: #a550fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a550fa {
  border: 2px solid #a550fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a550fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 80 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 94% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a550fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a550fa, #fa50fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a550fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 80 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.62 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.72 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.84 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.48 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.70 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.72 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.93 #5aaf05 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a550fa  rgb(165, 80, 250)  hsl(270, 94%, 65%)  Electric Purple
#a5fa50  rgb(165, 250, 80)  hsl(90, 94%, 65%)  Green Yellow
#faa550  rgb(250, 165, 80)  hsl(30, 94%, 65%)  Neon Carrot
#50faa5  rgb(80, 250, 165)  hsl(150, 94%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green