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#AD62E9

#ad62e9 ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ad62e9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 38.43% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.75% cyan, 57.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 273.33°, with 75.42% saturation and 64.9% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.27.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.235

Complementary

  1. #ad62e9
  2. #9ee962

Split complementary

  1. #ad62e9
  2. #e2e962
  3. #62e969

Analogous

  1. #6962e9
  2. #ad62e9
  3. #e962e2

Triadic

  1. #ad62e9
  2. #e9ad62
  3. #62e9ad

Tetradic

  1. #ad62e9
  2. #e9629e
  3. #9ee962
  4. #62e9ad

Square

  1. #ad62e9
  2. #e96962
  3. #9ee962
  4. #62e2e9

Monochromatic

  1. #60169c
  2. #8a1fdf
  3. #ad62e9
  4. #d0a5f2
  5. #f3e8fc

Shades

#ad62e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ad62e9
  2. #9c58d2
  3. #8a4eba
  4. #7945a3
  5. #683b8c
  6. #573175
  7. #45275d
  8. #341d46
  9. #23142f
  10. #110a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#ad62e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ad62e9
  2. #b572eb
  3. #bd81ed
  4. #c691f0
  5. #cea1f2
  6. #d6b1f4
  7. #dec0f6
  8. #e6d0f8
  9. #efe0fb
  10. #f7effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ad62e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ad62e9
  2. #a965df
  3. #a468d4
  4. #a06bca
  5. #9b6ebf
  6. #9771b5
  7. #9274aa
  8. #8e77a0
  9. #897a95
  10. #857d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9779b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2c82ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4c86e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a47c9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7677ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f79e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a772c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ad62e9 {
  color: #ad62e9;
}
Background
.bg-ad62e9 {
  background-color: #ad62e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ad62e9 {
  border: 2px solid #ad62e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ad62e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 98 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 75% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ad62e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ad62e9, #e962e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ad62e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 98 233 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.27 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.35 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.05 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.87 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.53 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.82 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.98 #529d16 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#ad62e9  rgb(173, 98, 233)  hsl(273, 75%, 65%)  Amethyst
#9ee962  rgb(158, 233, 98)  hsl(93, 75%, 65%)  Inchworm
#e9ad62  rgb(233, 173, 98)  hsl(33, 75%, 65%)  Indian Yellow
#62e9ad  rgb(98, 233, 173)  hsl(153, 75%, 65%)  Aquamarine