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#A563EA

#a563ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a563ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 38.82% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.49% cyan, 57.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 269.33°, with 76.27% saturation and 65.29% 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 5.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 4.84.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2286

Complementary

  1. #a563ea
  2. #a8ea63

Split complementary

  1. #a563ea
  2. #eae863
  3. #64ea63

Analogous

  1. #6364ea
  2. #a563ea
  3. #e863ea

Triadic

  1. #a563ea
  2. #eaa563
  3. #63eaa5

Tetradic

  1. #a563ea
  2. #ea63a8
  3. #a8ea63
  4. #63eaa5

Square

  1. #a563ea
  2. #ea6364
  3. #a8ea63
  4. #63eae8

Monochromatic

  1. #58159f
  2. #7e20e1
  3. #a563ea
  4. #cca6f3
  5. #f3eafc

Shades

#a563ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a563ea
  2. #9559d3
  3. #844fbb
  4. #7445a4
  5. #633b8c
  6. #533275
  7. #42285e
  8. #321e46
  9. #21142f
  10. #110a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a563ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a563ea
  2. #ae73ec
  3. #b782ee
  4. #c092f0
  5. #c9a1f2
  6. #d2b1f5
  7. #dbc1f7
  8. #e4d0f9
  9. #ede0fb
  10. #f6effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a563ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a563ea
  2. #a166df
  3. #9e69d5
  4. #9a6cca
  5. #966fc0
  6. #9372b5
  7. #8f74aa
  8. #8b77a0
  9. #877a95
  10. #847d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9278b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2782ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4483e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #987e9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7077ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7778e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e74c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a563ea {
  color: #a563ea;
}
Background
.bg-a563ea {
  background-color: #a563ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a563ea {
  border: 2px solid #a563ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a563ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 99 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a563ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a563ea, #e863ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a563ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 99 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.84 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.99 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.52 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.99 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.49 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.12 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.20 #5a9c15 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a563ea  rgb(165, 99, 234)  hsl(269, 76%, 65%)  Amethyst
#a8ea63  rgb(168, 234, 99)  hsl(89, 76%, 65%)  Inchworm
#eaa563  rgb(234, 165, 99)  hsl(29, 76%, 65%)  Sandy Brown
#63eaa5  rgb(99, 234, 165)  hsl(149, 76%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green