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#A663CA

#a663ca ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a663ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 38.82% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.82% cyan, 50.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 279.03°, with 49.28% saturation and 59.02% 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 5.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 2.96.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2129

Complementary

  1. #a663ca
  2. #87ca63

Split complementary

  1. #a663ca
  2. #baca63
  3. #63ca73

Analogous

  1. #7363ca
  2. #a663ca
  3. #ca63ba

Triadic

  1. #a663ca
  2. #caa663
  3. #63caa6

Tetradic

  1. #a663ca
  2. #ca6387
  3. #87ca63
  4. #63caa6

Square

  1. #a663ca
  2. #ca7363
  3. #87ca63
  4. #63baca

Monochromatic

  1. #55266e
  2. #8139a8
  3. #a663ca
  4. #c79cdd
  5. #e7d5f1

Shades

#a663ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a663ca
  2. #9559b6
  3. #854fa2
  4. #74458d
  5. #643b79
  6. #533265
  7. #422851
  8. #321e3d
  9. #211428
  10. #110a14
  11. #000000

Tints

#a663ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a663ca
  2. #af73cf
  3. #b882d5
  4. #c192da
  5. #caa1df
  6. #d3b1e5
  7. #dbc1ea
  8. #e4d0ef
  9. #ede0f4
  10. #f6effa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a663ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a663ca
  2. #a266c3
  3. #9e69bb
  4. #9b6cb4
  5. #976fac
  6. #9372a5
  7. #8f749e
  8. #8b7796
  9. #887a8f
  10. #847d87
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9075a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4a7cce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e81c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2748d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a73cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8176c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a46da9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a663ca {
  color: #a663ca;
}
Background
.bg-a663ca {
  background-color: #a663ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a663ca {
  border: 2px solid #a663ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a663ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 99 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 49% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a663ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a663ca, #ca63ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a663ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 99 202 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 2.96 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.33 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.64 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 7.60 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.90 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.34 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.80 #599c35 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a663ca  rgb(166, 99, 202)  hsl(279, 49%, 59%)  Amethyst
#87ca63  rgb(135, 202, 99)  hsl(99, 49%, 59%)  Mantis
#caa663  rgb(202, 166, 99)  hsl(39, 49%, 59%)  Camel
#63caa6  rgb(99, 202, 166)  hsl(159, 49%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine