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#A557FF

#a557ff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a557ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 34.12% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.29% cyan, 65.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 267.86°, with 100% saturation and 67.06% 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 5.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.7.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2204

Complementary

  1. #a557ff
  2. #b1ff57

Split complementary

  1. #a557ff
  2. #fff957
  3. #5dff57

Analogous

  1. #575dff
  2. #a557ff
  3. #f957ff

Triadic

  1. #a557ff
  2. #ffa557
  3. #57ffa5

Tetradic

  1. #a557ff
  2. #ff57b1
  3. #b1ff57
  4. #57ffa5

Square

  1. #a557ff
  2. #ff575d
  3. #b1ff57
  4. #57fff9

Monochromatic

  1. #5800bd
  2. #7c0bff
  3. #a557ff
  4. #cea4ff
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#a557ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a557ff
  2. #954ee6
  3. #8446cc
  4. #743db3
  5. #633499
  6. #532c80
  7. #422366
  8. #321a4d
  9. #211133
  10. #11091a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a557ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a557ff
  2. #ae68ff
  3. #b779ff
  4. #c089ff
  5. #c99aff
  6. #d2abff
  7. #dbbcff
  8. #e4cdff
  9. #edddff
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a557ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a557ff
  2. #a15bf2
  3. #9e5fe6
  4. #9a63d9
  5. #9667cc
  6. #936cc0
  7. #8f70b3
  8. #8b74a6
  9. #877899
  10. #847c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9173c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0080ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0080fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #927da4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6272ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b72fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a70cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a557ff {
  color: #a557ff;
}
Background
.bg-a557ff {
  background-color: #a557ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a557ff {
  border: 2px solid #a557ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a557ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 87 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 100% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a557ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a557ff, #f957ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a557ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 87 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.70 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.84 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.00 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.08 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.21 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.33 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.62 #5aa800 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a557ff  rgb(165, 87, 255)  hsl(268, 100%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#b1ff57  rgb(177, 255, 87)  hsl(88, 100%, 67%)  Green Yellow
#ffa557  rgb(255, 165, 87)  hsl(28, 100%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#57ffa5  rgb(87, 255, 165)  hsl(148, 100%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green