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#A656FF

#a656ff ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a656ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.9% cyan, 66.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 268.4°, with 100% saturation and 66.86% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 7.79.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2198

Complementary

  1. #a656ff
  2. #afff56

Split complementary

  1. #a656ff
  2. #fffa56
  3. #5aff56

Analogous

  1. #565aff
  2. #a656ff
  3. #fa56ff

Triadic

  1. #a656ff
  2. #ffa656
  3. #56ffa6

Tetradic

  1. #a656ff
  2. #ff56af
  3. #afff56
  4. #56ffa6

Square

  1. #a656ff
  2. #ff565a
  3. #afff56
  4. #56fffa

Monochromatic

  1. #5900bc
  2. #7e09ff
  3. #a656ff
  4. #cea2ff
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#a656ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a656ff
  2. #954de6
  3. #8545cc
  4. #743cb3
  5. #643499
  6. #532b80
  7. #422266
  8. #321a4d
  9. #211133
  10. #11091a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a656ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a656ff
  2. #af67ff
  3. #b878ff
  4. #c189ff
  5. #ca9aff
  6. #d3abff
  7. #dbbbff
  8. #e4ccff
  9. #edddff
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a656ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a656ff
  2. #a25af2
  3. #9e5ee6
  4. #9b63d9
  5. #9767cc
  6. #936bc0
  7. #8f6fb3
  8. #8b73a6
  9. #887899
  10. #847c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9172c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0080ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0080fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #937da4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6272ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b72fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b6fcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a656ff {
  color: #a656ff;
}
Background
.bg-a656ff {
  background-color: #a656ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a656ff {
  border: 2px solid #a656ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a656ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 86 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 100% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a656ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a656ff, #fa56ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a656ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 86 255 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.79 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.86 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.90 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.09 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.28 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.19 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 11.53 #59a900 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a656ff  rgb(166, 86, 255)  hsl(268, 100%, 67%)  Electric Purple
#afff56  rgb(175, 255, 86)  hsl(88, 100%, 67%)  Green Yellow
#ffa656  rgb(255, 166, 86)  hsl(28, 100%, 67%)  Sandy Brown
#56ffa6  rgb(86, 255, 166)  hsl(148, 100%, 67%)  Medium Spring Green