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#AA5FF2

#aa5ff2 ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa5ff2 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 37.25% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.75% cyan, 60.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 270.61°, with 84.97% saturation and 66.08% 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 5.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 6.13.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2314

Complementary

  1. #aa5ff2
  2. #a7f25f

Split complementary

  1. #aa5ff2
  2. #f1f25f
  3. #5ff261

Analogous

  1. #615ff2
  2. #aa5ff2
  3. #f25ff1

Triadic

  1. #aa5ff2
  2. #f2aa5f
  3. #5ff2aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa5ff2
  2. #f25fa7
  3. #a7f25f
  4. #5ff2aa

Square

  1. #aa5ff2
  2. #f2615f
  3. #a7f25f
  4. #5ff1f2

Monochromatic

  1. #5e0eaa
  2. #8418ec
  3. #aa5ff2
  4. #d0a6f8
  5. #f5ecfd

Shades

#aa5ff2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa5ff2
  2. #9956da
  3. #884cc2
  4. #7743a9
  5. #663991
  6. #553079
  7. #442661
  8. #331d49
  9. #221330
  10. #110a18
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa5ff2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa5ff2
  2. #b36ff3
  3. #bb7ff5
  4. #c48ff6
  5. #cc9ff7
  6. #d5aff9
  7. #ddbffa
  8. #e6cffb
  9. #eedffc
  10. #f7effe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa5ff2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa5ff2
  2. #a662e7
  3. #a266db
  4. #9d69d0
  5. #996cc4
  6. #9570b9
  7. #9173ae
  8. #8d76a2
  9. #887997
  10. #847d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9577bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0082f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3b84ef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9d7da0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7076f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7877f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a272c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa5ff2 {
  color: #aa5ff2;
}
Background
.bg-aa5ff2 {
  background-color: #aa5ff2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa5ff2 {
  border: 2px solid #aa5ff2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa5ff2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 95 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 85% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa5ff2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa5ff2, #f25ff1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa5ff2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 95 242 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.13 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.31 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.50 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.66 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.16 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.18 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.78 #55a00d Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#aa5ff2  rgb(170, 95, 242)  hsl(271, 85%, 66%)  Amethyst
#a7f25f  rgb(167, 242, 95)  hsl(91, 85%, 66%)  Inchworm
#f2aa5f  rgb(242, 170, 95)  hsl(31, 85%, 66%)  Sandy Brown
#5ff2aa  rgb(95, 242, 170)  hsl(151, 85%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green