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#A87FFF

#a87fff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a87fff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 49.8% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.12% cyan, 50.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 259.22°, with 100% saturation and 74.9% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.02.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.3072

Complementary

  1. #a87fff
  2. #d6ff7f

Split complementary

  1. #a87fff
  2. #ffe87f
  3. #96ff7f

Analogous

  1. #7f96ff
  2. #a87fff
  3. #e87fff

Triadic

  1. #a87fff
  2. #ffa87f
  3. #7fffa8

Tetradic

  1. #a87fff
  2. #ff7fd6
  3. #d6ff7f
  4. #7fffa8

Square

  1. #a87fff
  2. #ff7f96
  3. #d6ff7f
  4. #7fffe8

Monochromatic

  1. #4900e5
  2. #7432ff
  3. #a87fff
  4. #dccbff
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#a87fff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a87fff
  2. #9772e6
  3. #8666cc
  4. #7659b3
  5. #654c99
  6. #544080
  7. #433366
  8. #32264d
  9. #221933
  10. #110d1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a87fff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a87fff
  2. #b18cff
  3. #b999ff
  4. #c2a5ff
  5. #cbb2ff
  6. #d4bfff
  7. #dcccff
  8. #e5d9ff
  9. #eee5ff
  10. #f6f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a87fff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a87fff
  2. #a47ff2
  3. #a07fe6
  4. #9c7fd9
  5. #987fcc
  6. #9480c0
  7. #9080b3
  8. #8c80a6
  9. #888099
  10. #84808d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e8ec9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4f97ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5895fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9498b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d8eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #808dfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9c8fd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a87fff {
  color: #a87fff;
}
Background
.bg-a87fff {
  background-color: #a87fff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a87fff {
  border: 2px solid #a87fff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a87fff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 127 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 100% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a87fff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a87fff, #e87fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a87fff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 127 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.02 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.17 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.01 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.22 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.24 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.45 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 12.80 #578000 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a87fff  rgb(168, 127, 255)  hsl(259, 100%, 75%)  Medium Purple
#d6ff7f  rgb(214, 255, 127)  hsl(79, 100%, 75%)  Inchworm
#ffa87f  rgb(255, 168, 127)  hsl(19, 100%, 75%)  Light Salmon
#7fffa8  rgb(127, 255, 168)  hsl(139, 100%, 75%)  Pale Green