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#A840FA

#a840fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a840fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 25.1% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.8% cyan, 74.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 273.55°, with 94.9% saturation and 61.57% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.32.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1889

Complementary

  1. #a840fa
  2. #92fa40

Split complementary

  1. #a840fa
  2. #effa40
  3. #40fa4b

Analogous

  1. #4b40fa
  2. #a840fa
  3. #fa40ef

Triadic

  1. #a840fa
  2. #faa840
  3. #40faa8

Tetradic

  1. #a840fa
  2. #fa4092
  3. #92fa40
  4. #40faa8

Square

  1. #a840fa
  2. #fa4b40
  3. #92fa40
  4. #40effa

Monochromatic

  1. #5a049d
  2. #8406e7
  3. #a840fa
  4. #ca8bfc
  5. #ecd5fe

Shades

#a840fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a840fa
  2. #973ae1
  3. #8633c8
  4. #762daf
  5. #652696
  6. #54207d
  7. #431a64
  8. #32134b
  9. #220d32
  10. #110619
  11. #000000

Tints

#a840fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a840fa
  2. #b153fb
  3. #b966fb
  4. #c279fc
  5. #cb8cfc
  6. #d4a0fd
  7. #dcb3fd
  8. #e5c6fe
  9. #eed9fe
  10. #f6ecff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a840fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a840fa
  2. #a446ee
  3. #a04de2
  4. #9c53d5
  5. #985ac9
  6. #9460bd
  7. #9066b1
  8. #8c6da5
  9. #887398
  10. #847a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e66bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #996f9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c64fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6866f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f5fc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a840fa {
  color: #a840fa;
}
Background
.bg-a840fa {
  background-color: #a840fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a840fa {
  border: 2px solid #a840fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a840fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 64 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a840fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a840fa, #fa40ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a840fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 64 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.32 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.17 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.98 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.15 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.19 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.22 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.35 #57bf05 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a840fa  rgb(168, 64, 250)  hsl(274, 95%, 62%)  Electric Purple
#92fa40  rgb(146, 250, 64)  hsl(94, 95%, 62%)  Lawn Green
#faa840  rgb(250, 168, 64)  hsl(34, 95%, 62%)  Yellow Orange
#40faa8  rgb(64, 250, 168)  hsl(154, 95%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green