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#A665EA

#a665ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a665ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 39.61% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.06% cyan, 56.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 269.32°, with 76% saturation and 65.69% 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 5.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.82.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2335

Complementary

  1. #a665ea
  2. #a9ea65

Split complementary

  1. #a665ea
  2. #eae865
  3. #67ea65

Analogous

  1. #6567ea
  2. #a665ea
  3. #e865ea

Triadic

  1. #a665ea
  2. #eaa665
  3. #65eaa6

Tetradic

  1. #a665ea
  2. #ea65a9
  3. #a9ea65
  4. #65eaa6

Square

  1. #a665ea
  2. #ea6567
  3. #a9ea65
  4. #65eae8

Monochromatic

  1. #5916a0
  2. #7f22e1
  3. #a665ea
  4. #cda8f3
  5. #f4ecfc

Shades

#a665ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a665ea
  2. #955bd3
  3. #8551bb
  4. #7447a4
  5. #643d8c
  6. #533375
  7. #42285e
  8. #321e46
  9. #21142f
  10. #110a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a665ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a665ea
  2. #af74ec
  3. #b884ee
  4. #c193f0
  5. #caa3f2
  6. #d3b2f5
  7. #dbc1f7
  8. #e4d1f9
  9. #ede0fb
  10. #f6f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a665ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a665ea
  2. #a268df
  3. #9e6ad5
  4. #9b6dca
  5. #9770c0
  6. #9373b5
  7. #8f75aa
  8. #8b78a0
  9. #887b95
  10. #847d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9379b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2d83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4885e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a7f9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7278ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7979e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f76c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a665ea {
  color: #a665ea;
}
Background
.bg-a665ea {
  background-color: #a665ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a665ea {
  border: 2px solid #a665ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a665ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 101 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a665ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a665ea, #e865ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a665ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 101 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.82 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.87 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.60 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.99 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.15 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.54 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.81 #599a15 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a665ea  rgb(166, 101, 234)  hsl(269, 76%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#a9ea65  rgb(169, 234, 101)  hsl(89, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#eaa665  rgb(234, 166, 101)  hsl(29, 76%, 66%)  Fawn
#65eaa6  rgb(101, 234, 166)  hsl(149, 76%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green