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#A96DEE

#a96dee ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a96dee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 42.75% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.99% cyan, 54.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 267.91°, with 79.14% saturation and 68.04% 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 6.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2555

Complementary

  1. #a96dee
  2. #b2ee6d

Split complementary

  1. #a96dee
  2. #eeea6d
  3. #71ee6d

Analogous

  1. #6d71ee
  2. #a96dee
  3. #ea6dee

Triadic

  1. #a96dee
  2. #eea96d
  3. #6deea9

Tetradic

  1. #a96dee
  2. #ee6db2
  3. #b2ee6d
  4. #6deea9

Square

  1. #a96dee
  2. #ee6d71
  3. #b2ee6d
  4. #6deeea

Monochromatic

  1. #5c14ae
  2. #8128e6
  3. #a96dee
  4. #d1b2f6
  5. #f4edfd

Shades

#a96dee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a96dee
  2. #9862d6
  3. #8757be
  4. #764ca7
  5. #65418f
  6. #553777
  7. #442c5f
  8. #332147
  9. #221630
  10. #110b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#a96dee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a96dee
  2. #b27cf0
  3. #ba8af1
  4. #c399f3
  5. #cba7f5
  6. #d4b6f7
  7. #ddc5f8
  8. #e5d3fa
  9. #eee2fc
  10. #f6f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a96dee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a96dee
  2. #a56fe3
  3. #a171d8
  4. #9d73cd
  5. #9975c2
  6. #9577b7
  7. #9078ac
  8. #8c7aa1
  9. #887c96
  10. #847e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9880bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3d89f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #518aeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9c86a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #787ff1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e7fec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a17dc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a96dee {
  color: #a96dee;
}
Background
.bg-a96dee {
  background-color: #a96dee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a96dee {
  border: 2px solid #a96dee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a96dee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 109 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 79% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a96dee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a96dee, #ea6dee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a96dee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 109 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.69 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.94 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.48 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.81 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.69 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.60 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.79 #569211 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a96dee  rgb(169, 109, 238)  hsl(268, 79%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#b2ee6d  rgb(178, 238, 109)  hsl(88, 79%, 68%)  Inchworm
#eea96d  rgb(238, 169, 109)  hsl(28, 79%, 68%)  Fawn
#6deea9  rgb(109, 238, 169)  hsl(148, 79%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green