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#985EE6

#985ee6 ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#985ee6 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 36.86% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.91% cyan, 59.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 265.59°, with 73.12% saturation and 63.53% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 4.71.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2039

Complementary

  1. #985ee6
  2. #ace65e

Split complementary

  1. #985ee6
  2. #e6dc5e
  3. #68e65e

Analogous

  1. #5e68e6
  2. #985ee6
  3. #dc5ee6

Triadic

  1. #985ee6
  2. #e6985e
  3. #5ee698

Tetradic

  1. #985ee6
  2. #e65eac
  3. #ace65e
  4. #5ee698

Square

  1. #985ee6
  2. #e65e68
  3. #ace65e
  4. #5ee6dc

Monochromatic

  1. #4c1794
  2. #6e21d6
  3. #985ee6
  4. #c2a0f0
  5. #ede2fb

Shades

#985ee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #985ee6
  2. #8955cf
  3. #7a4bb8
  4. #6a42a1
  5. #5b388a
  6. #4c2f73
  7. #3d265c
  8. #2e1c45
  9. #1e132e
  10. #0f0917
  11. #000000

Tints

#985ee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #985ee6
  2. #a26ee9
  3. #ad7eeb
  4. #b78eee
  5. #c19ef0
  6. #ccaff3
  7. #d6bff5
  8. #e0cff8
  9. #eadffa
  10. #f5effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#985ee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #985ee6
  2. #9661dc
  3. #9365d2
  4. #9168c7
  5. #8e6cbd
  6. #8c6fb3
  7. #8a72a9
  8. #87769f
  9. #857994
  10. #827d8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8872b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0c7cea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #317ce3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #877b99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6471e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a71e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e70bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-985ee6 {
  color: #985ee6;
}
Background
.bg-985ee6 {
  background-color: #985ee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-985ee6 {
  border: 2px solid #985ee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #985ee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 94 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 73% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-985ee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #985ee6, #dc5ee6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-985ee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 94 230 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.71 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.12 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.24 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.81 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.26 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.78 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.38 #67a119 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Amethyst
#985ee6  rgb(152, 94, 230)  hsl(266, 73%, 64%)  Amethyst
#ace65e  rgb(172, 230, 94)  hsl(86, 73%, 64%)  Inchworm
#e6985e  rgb(230, 152, 94)  hsl(26, 73%, 64%)  Persian Orange
#5ee698  rgb(94, 230, 152)  hsl(146, 73%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green