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#A97EF9

#a97ef9 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a97ef9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 49.41% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.13% cyan, 49.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 260.98°, with 91.11% saturation and 73.53% 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 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.24.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.302

Complementary

  1. #a97ef9
  2. #cef97e

Split complementary

  1. #a97ef9
  2. #f9e77e
  3. #90f97e

Analogous

  1. #7e90f9
  2. #a97ef9
  3. #e77ef9

Triadic

  1. #a97ef9
  2. #f9a97e
  3. #7ef9a9

Tetradic

  1. #a97ef9
  2. #f97ece
  3. #cef97e
  4. #7ef9a9

Square

  1. #a97ef9
  2. #f97e90
  3. #cef97e
  4. #7ef9e7

Monochromatic

  1. #510ad4
  2. #7835f6
  3. #a97ef9
  4. #dac7fc
  5. #f2ecfe

Shades

#a97ef9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a97ef9
  2. #9871e0
  3. #8765c7
  4. #7658ae
  5. #654c95
  6. #553f7d
  7. #443264
  8. #33264b
  9. #221932
  10. #110d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a97ef9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a97ef9
  2. #b28bfa
  3. #ba98fa
  4. #c3a5fb
  5. #cbb2fb
  6. #d4bffc
  7. #ddcbfd
  8. #e5d8fd
  9. #eee5fe
  10. #f6f2fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a97ef9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a97ef9
  2. #a57eed
  3. #a17ee1
  4. #9d7fd5
  5. #997fc9
  6. #957fbd
  7. #907fb0
  8. #8c7fa4
  9. #888098
  10. #84808c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e8dc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5396fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d94f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9896b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e8dfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #828cf7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f8dd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a97ef9 {
  color: #a97ef9;
}
Background
.bg-a97ef9 {
  background-color: #a97ef9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a97ef9 {
  border: 2px solid #a97ef9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a97ef9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 126 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 91% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a97ef9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a97ef9, #e77ef9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a97ef9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 126 249 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.24 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.45 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.47 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.79 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.03 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.61 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 12.04 #568106 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a97ef9  rgb(169, 126, 249)  hsl(261, 91%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#cef97e  rgb(206, 249, 126)  hsl(81, 91%, 74%)  Inchworm
#f9a97e  rgb(249, 169, 126)  hsl(21, 91%, 74%)  Light Salmon
#7ef9a9  rgb(126, 249, 169)  hsl(141, 91%, 74%)  Pale Green