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#A577EA

#a577ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a577ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 46.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.49% cyan, 49.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 264°, with 73.25% saturation and 69.22% 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 6.43:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2713

Complementary

  1. #a577ea
  2. #bcea77

Split complementary

  1. #a577ea
  2. #eadf77
  3. #83ea77

Analogous

  1. #7783ea
  2. #a577ea
  3. #df77ea

Triadic

  1. #a577ea
  2. #eaa577
  3. #77eaa5

Tetradic

  1. #a577ea
  2. #ea77bc
  3. #bcea77
  4. #77eaa5

Square

  1. #a577ea
  2. #ea7783
  3. #bcea77
  4. #77eadf

Monochromatic

  1. #551bad
  2. #7935e0
  3. #a577ea
  4. #d1b9f4
  5. #f3edfc

Shades

#a577ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a577ea
  2. #956bd3
  3. #845fbb
  4. #7453a4
  5. #63478c
  6. #533c75
  7. #42305e
  8. #322446
  9. #21182f
  10. #110c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a577ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a577ea
  2. #ae85ec
  3. #b792ee
  4. #c0a0f0
  5. #c9adf2
  6. #d2bbf5
  7. #dbc9f7
  8. #e4d6f9
  9. #ede4fb
  10. #f6f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a577ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a577ea
  2. #a178df
  3. #9e79d5
  4. #9a7aca
  5. #967bc0
  6. #937cb5
  7. #8f7caa
  8. #8b7da0
  9. #877e95
  10. #847f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9886ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #518eee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d8ee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #978ca6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c85ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8085e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9d84c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a577ea {
  color: #a577ea;
}
Background
.bg-a577ea {
  background-color: #a577ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a577ea {
  border: 2px solid #a577ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a577ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 119 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 73% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a577ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a577ea, #df77ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a577ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 119 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.15 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.21 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.68 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.93 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.57 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.81 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.10 #5a8815 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a577ea  rgb(165, 119, 234)  hsl(264, 73%, 69%)  Medium Purple
#bcea77  rgb(188, 234, 119)  hsl(84, 73%, 69%)  Inchworm
#eaa577  rgb(234, 165, 119)  hsl(24, 73%, 69%)  Tumbleweed
#77eaa5  rgb(119, 234, 165)  hsl(144, 73%, 69%)  Light Green