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#A55EFA

#a55efa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a55efa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 36.86% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34% cyan, 62.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 267.31°, with 93.98% 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 5.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.5.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2291

Complementary

  1. #a55efa
  2. #b3fa5e

Split complementary

  1. #a55efa
  2. #faf35e
  3. #65fa5e

Analogous

  1. #5e65fa
  2. #a55efa
  3. #f35efa

Triadic

  1. #a55efa
  2. #faa55e
  3. #5efaa5

Tetradic

  1. #a55efa
  2. #fa5eb3
  3. #b3fa5e
  4. #5efaa5

Square

  1. #a55efa
  2. #fa5e65
  3. #b3fa5e
  4. #5efaf3

Monochromatic

  1. #5706b9
  2. #7c14f8
  3. #a55efa
  4. #cea8fc
  5. #f4ebfe

Shades

#a55efa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a55efa
  2. #9555e1
  3. #844bc8
  4. #7442af
  5. #633896
  6. #532f7d
  7. #422664
  8. #321c4b
  9. #211332
  10. #110919
  11. #000000

Tints

#a55efa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a55efa
  2. #ae6efb
  3. #b77efb
  4. #c08efc
  5. #c99efc
  6. #d2affd
  7. #dbbffd
  8. #e4cffe
  9. #eddffe
  10. #f6efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a55efa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a55efa
  2. #a161ee
  3. #9e65e2
  4. #9a68d5
  5. #966cc9
  6. #936fbd
  7. #8f72b1
  8. #8b76a5
  9. #877998
  10. #847d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9276bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0083ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2383f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9380a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6876fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f76f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b74cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a55efa {
  color: #a55efa;
}
Background
.bg-a55efa {
  background-color: #a55efa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a55efa {
  border: 2px solid #a55efa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a55efa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 94 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 94% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a55efa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a55efa, #f35efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a55efa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 94 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.50 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.98 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.70 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.91 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.20 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.26 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 11.69 #5aa105 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a55efa  rgb(165, 94, 250)  hsl(267, 94%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#b3fa5e  rgb(179, 250, 94)  hsl(87, 94%, 67%)  Inchworm
#faa55e  rgb(250, 165, 94)  hsl(27, 94%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#5efaa5  rgb(94, 250, 165)  hsl(147, 94%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green