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#A95AEE

#a95aee ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a95aee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 35.29% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.99% cyan, 62.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 272.03°, with 81.32% saturation and 64.31% 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 5.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.9.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2192

Complementary

  1. #a95aee
  2. #9fee5a

Split complementary

  1. #a95aee
  2. #e9ee5a
  3. #5aee5f

Analogous

  1. #5f5aee
  2. #a95aee
  3. #ee5ae9

Triadic

  1. #a95aee
  2. #eea95a
  3. #5aeea9

Tetradic

  1. #a95aee
  2. #ee5a9f
  3. #9fee5a
  4. #5aeea9

Square

  1. #a95aee
  2. #ee5f5a
  3. #9fee5a
  4. #5ae9ee

Monochromatic

  1. #5c109f
  2. #8517e4
  3. #a95aee
  4. #cd9ff5
  5. #f1e5fc

Shades

#a95aee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a95aee
  2. #9851d6
  3. #8748be
  4. #763fa7
  5. #65368f
  6. #552d77
  7. #44245f
  8. #331b47
  9. #221230
  10. #110918
  11. #000000

Tints

#a95aee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a95aee
  2. #b26bf0
  3. #ba7bf1
  4. #c38cf3
  5. #cb9cf5
  6. #d4adf7
  7. #ddbdf8
  8. #e5cefa
  9. #eedefc
  10. #f6effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a95aee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a95aee
  2. #a55ee3
  3. #a162d8
  4. #9d65cd
  5. #9969c2
  6. #956db7
  7. #9071ac
  8. #8c75a1
  9. #887896
  10. #847c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9373b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007ff3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3781eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9d799c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e72f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7674ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a26ec2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a95aee {
  color: #a95aee;
}
Background
.bg-a95aee {
  background-color: #a95aee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a95aee {
  border: 2px solid #a95aee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a95aee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 90 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 81% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a95aee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a95aee, #ee5ae9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a95aee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 90 238 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.90 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.90 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.82 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.14 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.86 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.02 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.92 #56a511 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a95aee  rgb(169, 90, 238)  hsl(272, 81%, 64%)  Amethyst
#9fee5a  rgb(159, 238, 90)  hsl(92, 81%, 64%)  Inchworm
#eea95a  rgb(238, 169, 90)  hsl(32, 81%, 64%)  Indian Yellow
#5aeea9  rgb(90, 238, 169)  hsl(152, 81%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green