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#9961BA

#9961ba ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9961ba is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 38.04% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.74% cyan, 47.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 277.75°, with 39.21% saturation and 55.49% 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 4.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 3.62.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1887

Complementary

  1. #9961ba
  2. #82ba61

Split complementary

  1. #9961ba
  2. #afba61
  3. #61ba6c

Analogous

  1. #6c61ba
  2. #9961ba
  3. #ba61af

Triadic

  1. #9961ba
  2. #ba9961
  3. #61ba99

Tetradic

  1. #9961ba
  2. #ba6182
  3. #82ba61
  4. #61ba99

Square

  1. #9961ba
  2. #ba6c61
  3. #82ba61
  4. #61afba

Monochromatic

  1. #48285a
  2. #723f90
  3. #9961ba
  4. #bb96d1
  5. #decbe9

Shades

#9961ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9961ba
  2. #8a57a7
  3. #7a4e95
  4. #6b4482
  5. #5c3a70
  6. #4d315d
  7. #3d274a
  8. #2e1d38
  9. #1f1325
  10. #0f0a13
  11. #000000

Tints

#9961ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9961ba
  2. #a371c1
  3. #ad81c8
  4. #b890cf
  5. #c2a0d6
  6. #ccb0dd
  7. #d6c0e3
  8. #e0d0ea
  9. #ebdff1
  10. #f5eff8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9961ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9961ba
  2. #9764b4
  3. #9467ae
  4. #926aa9
  5. #8f6da3
  6. #8d719d
  7. #8a7497
  8. #887791
  9. #857a8c
  10. #837d86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #877097 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4d75bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c79b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #966f85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #736ebc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7970b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #976a9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9961ba {
  color: #9961ba;
}
Background
.bg-9961ba {
  background-color: #9961ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9961ba {
  border: 2px solid #9961ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9961ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 97 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 39% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9961ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9961ba, #ba61af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9961ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 97 186 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 3.62 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 5.44 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.91 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.67 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.70 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 8.53 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.34 #669e45 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#9961ba  rgb(153, 97, 186)  hsl(278, 39%, 55%)  Amethyst
#82ba61  rgb(130, 186, 97)  hsl(98, 39%, 55%)  Mantis
#ba9961  rgb(186, 153, 97)  hsl(38, 39%, 55%)  Camel
#61ba99  rgb(97, 186, 153)  hsl(158, 39%, 55%)  Mint