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#A765CE

#a765ce ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a765ce is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 39.61% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.93% cyan, 50.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 277.71°, with 51.72% saturation and 60.2% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 2.88.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2198

Complementary

  1. #a765ce
  2. #8cce65

Split complementary

  1. #a765ce
  2. #c1ce65
  3. #65ce73

Analogous

  1. #7365ce
  2. #a765ce
  3. #ce65c1

Triadic

  1. #a765ce
  2. #cea765
  3. #65cea7

Tetradic

  1. #a765ce
  2. #ce658c
  3. #8cce65
  4. #65cea7

Square

  1. #a765ce
  2. #ce7365
  3. #8cce65
  4. #65c1ce

Monochromatic

  1. #572575
  2. #8338af
  3. #a765ce
  4. #c89fe0
  5. #e9d9f3

Shades

#a765ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a765ce
  2. #965bb9
  3. #8651a5
  4. #754790
  5. #643d7c
  6. #543367
  7. #432852
  8. #321e3e
  9. #211429
  10. #110a15
  11. #000000

Tints

#a765ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a765ce
  2. #b074d3
  3. #b984d8
  4. #c193dd
  5. #caa3e2
  6. #d3b2e7
  7. #dcc1eb
  8. #e5d1f0
  9. #ede0f5
  10. #f6f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a765ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a765ce
  2. #a368c6
  3. #9f6abe
  4. #9b6db7
  5. #9770af
  6. #9473a7
  7. #90759f
  8. #8c7897
  9. #887b90
  10. #847d88
  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 #9277a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4a7ed2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f82cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a37690 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a75d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8278cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a470ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a765ce {
  color: #a765ce;
}
Background
.bg-a765ce {
  background-color: #a765ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a765ce {
  border: 2px solid #a765ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a765ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 101 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 52% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a765ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a765ce, #ce65c1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a765ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 101 206 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 2.88 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.48 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.10 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.23 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.29 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.45 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.51 #589a31 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a765ce  rgb(167, 101, 206)  hsl(278, 52%, 60%)  Amethyst
#8cce65  rgb(140, 206, 101)  hsl(98, 52%, 60%)  Pistachio
#cea765  rgb(206, 167, 101)  hsl(38, 52%, 60%)  Indian Yellow
#65cea7  rgb(101, 206, 167)  hsl(158, 52%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine