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#A657E2

#a657e2 ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a657e2 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 34.12% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.55% cyan, 61.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 274.1°, with 70.56% saturation and 61.37% 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 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 4.99.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2041

Complementary

  1. #a657e2
  2. #93e257

Split complementary

  1. #a657e2
  2. #d9e257
  3. #57e260

Analogous

  1. #6057e2
  2. #a657e2
  3. #e257d9

Triadic

  1. #a657e2
  2. #e2a657
  3. #57e2a6

Tetradic

  1. #a657e2
  2. #e25793
  3. #93e257
  4. #57e2a6

Square

  1. #a657e2
  2. #e26057
  3. #93e257
  4. #57d9e2

Monochromatic

  1. #581888
  2. #8223ca
  3. #a657e2
  4. #c998ed
  5. #ebd9f9

Shades

#a657e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a657e2
  2. #954ecb
  3. #8546b5
  4. #743d9e
  5. #643488
  6. #532c71
  7. #42235a
  8. #321a44
  9. #21112d
  10. #110917
  11. #000000

Tints

#a657e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a657e2
  2. #af68e5
  3. #b879e8
  4. #c189eb
  5. #ca9aee
  6. #d3abf1
  7. #dbbcf3
  8. #e4cdf6
  9. #edddf9
  10. #f6eefc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a657e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a657e2
  2. #a25bd8
  3. #9e5fce
  4. #9b63c5
  5. #9767bb
  6. #936cb1
  7. #8f70a7
  8. #8b749d
  9. #887894
  10. #847c8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f70af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #097ae6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e7edf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9d7395 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d6ee5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7670e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a069b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a657e2 {
  color: #a657e2;
}
Background
.bg-a657e2 {
  background-color: #a657e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a657e2 {
  border: 2px solid #a657e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a657e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 87 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 71% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a657e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a657e2, #e257d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a657e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 87 226 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.99 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.02 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.11 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.83 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.03 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.18 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.30 #59a81d Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a657e2  rgb(166, 87, 226)  hsl(274, 71%, 61%)  Amethyst
#93e257  rgb(147, 226, 87)  hsl(94, 71%, 61%)  Inchworm
#e2a657  rgb(226, 166, 87)  hsl(34, 71%, 61%)  Indian Yellow
#57e2a6  rgb(87, 226, 166)  hsl(154, 71%, 61%)  Caribbean Green