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#945EDE

#945ede ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#945ede is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.04% red, 36.86% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.33% cyan, 57.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 265.31°, with 65.98% saturation and 61.96% 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 4.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 4.05.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1958

Complementary

  1. #945ede
  2. #a8de5e

Split complementary

  1. #945ede
  2. #ded45e
  3. #68de5e

Analogous

  1. #5e68de
  2. #945ede
  3. #d45ede

Triadic

  1. #945ede
  2. #de945e
  3. #5ede94

Tetradic

  1. #945ede
  2. #de5ea8
  3. #a8de5e
  4. #5ede94

Square

  1. #945ede
  2. #de5e68
  3. #a8de5e
  4. #5eded4

Monochromatic

  1. #491c87
  2. #6b29c7
  3. #945ede
  4. #be9deb
  5. #e8ddf8

Shades

#945ede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #945ede
  2. #8555c8
  3. #764bb2
  4. #68429b
  5. #593885
  6. #4a2f6f
  7. #3b2659
  8. #2c1c43
  9. #1e132c
  10. #0f0916
  11. #000000

Tints

#945ede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #945ede
  2. #9f6ee1
  3. #a97ee5
  4. #b48ee8
  5. #bf9eeb
  6. #caafef
  7. #d4bff2
  8. #dfcff5
  9. #eadff8
  10. #f4effc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#945ede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #945ede
  2. #9261d5
  3. #9065cb
  4. #8e68c2
  5. #8c6cb8
  6. #8a6faf
  7. #8872a6
  8. #86769c
  9. #847993
  10. #827d89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8570ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1e7ae2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3779db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #847895 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6470e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #696fdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8b6fb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-945ede {
  color: #945ede;
}
Background
.bg-945ede {
  background-color: #945ede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-945ede {
  border: 2px solid #945ede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #945ede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 148 94 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 66% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-945ede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #945ede, #d45ede);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-945ede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(148 94 222 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.05 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.03 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.24 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.98 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.32 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.59 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.82 #6ba121 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Amethyst
#945ede  rgb(148, 94, 222)  hsl(265, 66%, 62%)  Amethyst
#a8de5e  rgb(168, 222, 94)  hsl(85, 66%, 62%)  Inchworm
#de945e  rgb(222, 148, 94)  hsl(25, 66%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#5ede94  rgb(94, 222, 148)  hsl(145, 66%, 62%)  Emerald