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#A656EA

#a656ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a656ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 33.73% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.06% cyan, 63.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 272.43°, with 77.89% saturation and 62.75% 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 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.79.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.207

Complementary

  1. #a656ea
  2. #9aea56

Split complementary

  1. #a656ea
  2. #e4ea56
  3. #56ea5c

Analogous

  1. #5c56ea
  2. #a656ea
  3. #ea56e4

Triadic

  1. #a656ea
  2. #eaa656
  3. #56eaa6

Tetradic

  1. #a656ea
  2. #ea569a
  3. #9aea56
  4. #56eaa6

Square

  1. #a656ea
  2. #ea5c56
  3. #9aea56
  4. #56e4ea

Monochromatic

  1. #591295
  2. #811bd9
  3. #a656ea
  4. #ca9af2
  5. #eedefb

Shades

#a656ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a656ea
  2. #954dd3
  3. #8545bb
  4. #743ca4
  5. #64348c
  6. #532b75
  7. #42225e
  8. #321a46
  9. #21112f
  10. #110917
  11. #000000

Tints

#a656ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a656ea
  2. #af67ec
  3. #b878ee
  4. #c189f0
  5. #ca9af2
  6. #d3abf5
  7. #dbbbf7
  8. #e4ccf9
  9. #edddfb
  10. #f6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a656ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a656ea
  2. #a25adf
  3. #9e5ed5
  4. #9b63ca
  5. #9767c0
  6. #936bb5
  7. #8f6faa
  8. #8b73a0
  9. #887895
  10. #847c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f70b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #337ee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a7598 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a6eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7370e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f6abf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a656ea {
  color: #a656ea;
}
Background
.bg-a656ea {
  background-color: #a656ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a656ea {
  border: 2px solid #a656ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a656ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 86 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a656ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a656ea, #ea56e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a656ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 86 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.79 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.84 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.24 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.47 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.87 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.56 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.86 #59a915 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a656ea  rgb(166, 86, 234)  hsl(272, 78%, 63%)  Amethyst
#9aea56  rgb(154, 234, 86)  hsl(92, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eaa656  rgb(234, 166, 86)  hsl(32, 78%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#56eaa6  rgb(86, 234, 166)  hsl(152, 78%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green