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#A554EA

#a554ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a554ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 32.94% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.49% cyan, 64.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 272.4°, with 78.12% saturation and 62.35% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 6.01.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2028

Complementary

  1. #a554ea
  2. #99ea54

Split complementary

  1. #a554ea
  2. #e4ea54
  3. #54ea5a

Analogous

  1. #5a54ea
  2. #a554ea
  3. #ea54e4

Triadic

  1. #a554ea
  2. #eaa554
  3. #54eaa5

Tetradic

  1. #a554ea
  2. #ea5499
  3. #99ea54
  4. #54eaa5

Square

  1. #a554ea
  2. #ea5a54
  3. #99ea54
  4. #54e4ea

Monochromatic

  1. #581293
  2. #801ad7
  3. #a554ea
  4. #c998f2
  5. #eddcfb

Shades

#a554ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a554ea
  2. #954cd3
  3. #8443bb
  4. #743ba4
  5. #63328c
  6. #532a75
  7. #42225e
  8. #321946
  9. #21112f
  10. #110817
  11. #000000

Tints

#a554ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a554ea
  2. #ae65ec
  3. #b776ee
  4. #c087f0
  5. #c998f2
  6. #d2aaf5
  7. #dbbbf7
  8. #e4ccf9
  9. #edddfb
  10. #f6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a554ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a554ea
  2. #a158df
  3. #9e5dd5
  4. #9a61ca
  5. #9666c0
  6. #936ab5
  7. #8f6eaa
  8. #8b73a0
  9. #877795
  10. #847c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e6eb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007aef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2e7de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #997498 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #686ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #716fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e69be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a554ea {
  color: #a554ea;
}
Background
.bg-a554ea {
  background-color: #a554ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a554ea {
  border: 2px solid #a554ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a554ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 84 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a554ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a554ea, #ea54e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a554ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 84 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.01 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.04 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.14 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.55 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.90 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.09 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.36 #5aab15 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a554ea  rgb(165, 84, 234)  hsl(272, 78%, 62%)  Amethyst
#99ea54  rgb(153, 234, 84)  hsl(92, 78%, 62%)  Inchworm
#eaa554  rgb(234, 165, 84)  hsl(32, 78%, 62%)  Indian Yellow
#54eaa5  rgb(84, 234, 165)  hsl(152, 78%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green