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#A660CE

#a660ce ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a660ce is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 37.65% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.42% cyan, 53.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 278.18°, with 52.88% saturation and 59.22% 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 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 2.95.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2093

Complementary

  1. #a660ce
  2. #88ce60

Split complementary

  1. #a660ce
  2. #bfce60
  3. #60ce6f

Analogous

  1. #6f60ce
  2. #a660ce
  3. #ce60bf

Triadic

  1. #a660ce
  2. #cea660
  3. #60cea6

Tetradic

  1. #a660ce
  2. #ce6088
  3. #88ce60
  4. #60cea6

Square

  1. #a660ce
  2. #ce6f60
  3. #88ce60
  4. #60bfce

Monochromatic

  1. #552372
  2. #8135ac
  3. #a660ce
  4. #c79ae0
  5. #e7d5f2

Shades

#a660ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a660ce
  2. #9556b9
  3. #854da5
  4. #744390
  5. #643a7c
  6. #533067
  7. #422652
  8. #321d3e
  9. #211329
  10. #110a15
  11. #000000

Tints

#a660ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a660ce
  2. #af70d3
  3. #b880d8
  4. #c190dd
  5. #caa0e2
  6. #d3b0e7
  7. #dbbfeb
  8. #e4cff0
  9. #eddff5
  10. #f6effa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a660ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a660ce
  2. #a263c6
  3. #9e66be
  4. #9b6ab7
  5. #976daf
  6. #9370a7
  7. #8f739f
  8. #8b7697
  9. #887a90
  10. #847d88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9073a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #427bd2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5980cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2738e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7771d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f74cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a36cab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a660ce {
  color: #a660ce;
}
Background
.bg-a660ce {
  background-color: #a660ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a660ce {
  border: 2px solid #a660ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a660ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 96 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 53% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a660ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a660ce, #ce60bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a660ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 96 206 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 2.95 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.95 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.61 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 7.46 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.51 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.25 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.67 #599f31 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a660ce  rgb(166, 96, 206)  hsl(278, 53%, 59%)  Amethyst
#88ce60  rgb(136, 206, 96)  hsl(98, 53%, 59%)  Mantis
#cea660  rgb(206, 166, 96)  hsl(38, 53%, 59%)  Indian Yellow
#60cea6  rgb(96, 206, 166)  hsl(158, 53%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine