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#A559FF

#a559ff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a559ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 34.9% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.29% cyan, 65.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 267.47°, with 100% saturation and 67.45% 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 5.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.44.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2236

Complementary

  1. #a559ff
  2. #b3ff59

Split complementary

  1. #a559ff
  2. #fff859
  3. #60ff59

Analogous

  1. #5960ff
  2. #a559ff
  3. #f859ff

Triadic

  1. #a559ff
  2. #ffa559
  3. #59ffa5

Tetradic

  1. #a559ff
  2. #ff59b3
  3. #b3ff59
  4. #59ffa5

Square

  1. #a559ff
  2. #ff5960
  3. #b3ff59
  4. #59fff8

Monochromatic

  1. #5700bf
  2. #7c0cff
  3. #a559ff
  4. #cea5ff
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#a559ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a559ff
  2. #9550e6
  3. #8447cc
  4. #743eb3
  5. #633599
  6. #532d80
  7. #422466
  8. #321b4d
  9. #211233
  10. #11091a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a559ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a559ff
  2. #ae6aff
  3. #b77aff
  4. #c08bff
  5. #c99bff
  6. #d2acff
  7. #dbbdff
  8. #e4cdff
  9. #eddeff
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a559ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a559ff
  2. #a15df2
  3. #9e61e6
  4. #9a65d9
  5. #9669cc
  6. #936dc0
  7. #8f70b3
  8. #8b74a6
  9. #877899
  10. #847c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9174c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0081ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0081fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #927fa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6373ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b73fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a71cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a559ff {
  color: #a559ff;
}
Background
.bg-a559ff {
  background-color: #a559ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a559ff {
  border: 2px solid #a559ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a559ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 89 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 100% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a559ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a559ff, #f859ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a559ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 89 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.44 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.74 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.95 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.26 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.37 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.75 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.31 #5aa600 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a559ff  rgb(165, 89, 255)  hsl(267, 100%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#b3ff59  rgb(179, 255, 89)  hsl(87, 100%, 67%)  Green Yellow
#ffa559  rgb(255, 165, 89)  hsl(27, 100%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#59ffa5  rgb(89, 255, 165)  hsl(147, 100%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green