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#A55EFF

#a55eff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a55eff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.29% cyan, 63.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 266.46°, with 100% saturation and 68.43% 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 5.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.83.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2322

Complementary

  1. #a55eff
  2. #b8ff5e

Split complementary

  1. #a55eff
  2. #fff65e
  3. #67ff5e

Analogous

  1. #5e67ff
  2. #a55eff
  3. #f65eff

Triadic

  1. #a55eff
  2. #ffa55e
  3. #5effa5

Tetradic

  1. #a55eff
  2. #ff5eb8
  3. #b8ff5e
  4. #5effa5

Square

  1. #a55eff
  2. #ff5e67
  3. #b8ff5e
  4. #5efff6

Monochromatic

  1. #5600c4
  2. #7a11ff
  3. #a55eff
  4. #d0aaff
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#a55eff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a55eff
  2. #9555e6
  3. #844bcc
  4. #7442b3
  5. #633899
  6. #532f80
  7. #422666
  8. #321c4d
  9. #211333
  10. #11091a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a55eff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a55eff
  2. #ae6eff
  3. #b77eff
  4. #c08eff
  5. #c99eff
  6. #d2afff
  7. #dbbfff
  8. #e4cfff
  9. #eddfff
  10. #f6efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a55eff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a55eff
  2. #a161f2
  3. #9e65e6
  4. #9a68d9
  5. #966ccc
  6. #936fc0
  7. #8f72b3
  8. #8b76a6
  9. #877999
  10. #847d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9377c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0084ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1383fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9182a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6677ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e76fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a75d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a55eff {
  color: #a55eff;
}
Background
.bg-a55eff {
  background-color: #a55eff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a55eff {
  border: 2px solid #a55eff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a55eff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 94 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 100% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a55eff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a55eff, #f65eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a55eff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 94 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.83 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.59 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.69 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.46 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.35 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.55 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.77 #5aa100 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a55eff  rgb(165, 94, 255)  hsl(266, 100%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#b8ff5e  rgb(184, 255, 94)  hsl(86, 100%, 68%)  Green Yellow
#ffa55e  rgb(255, 165, 94)  hsl(26, 100%, 68%)  Sandy Brown
#5effa5  rgb(94, 255, 165)  hsl(146, 100%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green