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#A855FB

#a855fb ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a855fb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 33.33% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.07% cyan, 66.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 95.4% saturation and 65.88% 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 5.36:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 7.41.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2179

Complementary

  1. #a855fb
  2. #a8fb55

Split complementary

  1. #a855fb
  2. #fbfb55
  3. #55fb55

Analogous

  1. #5555fb
  2. #a855fb
  3. #fb55fb

Triadic

  1. #a855fb
  2. #fba855
  3. #55fba8

Tetradic

  1. #a855fb
  2. #fb55a8
  3. #a8fb55
  4. #55fba8

Square

  1. #a855fb
  2. #fb5555
  3. #a8fb55
  4. #55fbfb

Monochromatic

  1. #5b04b3
  2. #820af9
  3. #a855fb
  4. #cea0fd
  5. #f4eaff

Shades

#a855fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a855fb
  2. #974de2
  3. #8644c9
  4. #763cb0
  5. #653397
  6. #542b7e
  7. #432264
  8. #321a4b
  9. #221132
  10. #110919
  11. #000000

Tints

#a855fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a855fb
  2. #b166fb
  3. #b977fc
  4. #c288fc
  5. #cb99fd
  6. #d4aafd
  7. #dcbbfd
  8. #e5ccfe
  9. #eeddfe
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a855fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a855fb
  2. #a459ef
  3. #a05ee2
  4. #9c62d6
  5. #9866ca
  6. #946bbe
  7. #906fb1
  8. #8c73a5
  9. #887799
  10. #847c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9272be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0780f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #987aa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6570fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f71f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e6dcc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a855fb {
  color: #a855fb;
}
Background
.bg-a855fb {
  background-color: #a855fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a855fb {
  border: 2px solid #a855fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a855fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 85 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 95% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a855fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a855fb, #fb55fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a855fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 85 251 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.41 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.43 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.56 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.89 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.66 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.01 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 11.08 #57aa04 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a855fb  rgb(168, 85, 251)  hsl(270, 95%, 66%)  Electric Purple
#a8fb55  rgb(168, 251, 85)  hsl(90, 95%, 66%)  Green Yellow
#fba855  rgb(251, 168, 85)  hsl(30, 95%, 66%)  Neon Carrot
#55fba8  rgb(85, 251, 168)  hsl(150, 95%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green