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#A649EE

#a649ee ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a649ee is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 28.63% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.25% cyan, 69.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 273.82°, with 82.91% saturation and 60.98% 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 4.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.39.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1905

Complementary

  1. #a649ee
  2. #91ee49

Split complementary

  1. #a649ee
  2. #e3ee49
  3. #49ee54

Analogous

  1. #5449ee
  2. #a649ee
  3. #ee49e3

Triadic

  1. #a649ee
  2. #eea649
  3. #49eea6

Tetradic

  1. #a649ee
  2. #ee4991
  3. #91ee49
  4. #49eea6

Square

  1. #a649ee
  2. #ee5449
  3. #91ee49
  4. #49e3ee

Monochromatic

  1. #570e90
  2. #8214d6
  3. #a649ee
  4. #c88ff5
  5. #ead5fb

Shades

#a649ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a649ee
  2. #9542d6
  3. #853abe
  4. #7433a7
  5. #642c8f
  6. #532577
  7. #421d5f
  8. #321647
  9. #210f30
  10. #110718
  11. #000000

Tints

#a649ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a649ee
  2. #af5bf0
  3. #b86df1
  4. #c180f3
  5. #ca92f5
  6. #d3a4f7
  7. #dbb6f8
  8. #e4c8fa
  9. #eddbfc
  10. #f6edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a649ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a649ee
  2. #a24fe3
  3. #9e54d8
  4. #9b5acd
  5. #975fc2
  6. #9365b7
  7. #8f6aac
  8. #8b70a1
  9. #887596
  10. #847b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d69b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0879ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #996f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6367f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d69ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f62c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a649ee {
  color: #a649ee;
}
Background
.bg-a649ee {
  background-color: #a649ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a649ee {
  border: 2px solid #a649ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a649ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 73 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 83% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a649ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a649ee, #ee49e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a649ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 73 238 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.39 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.88 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.30 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.63 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.69 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.48 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.22 #59b611 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a649ee  rgb(166, 73, 238)  hsl(274, 83%, 61%)  Electric Purple
#91ee49  rgb(145, 238, 73)  hsl(94, 83%, 61%)  Inchworm
#eea649  rgb(238, 166, 73)  hsl(34, 83%, 61%)  Indian Yellow
#49eea6  rgb(73, 238, 166)  hsl(154, 83%, 61%)  Medium Spring Green