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#9A61BA

#9a61ba ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9a61ba is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 38.04% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.2% cyan, 47.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 278.43°, 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 4.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 3.68.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1896

Complementary

  1. #9a61ba
  2. #81ba61

Split complementary

  1. #9a61ba
  2. #adba61
  3. #61ba6e

Analogous

  1. #6e61ba
  2. #9a61ba
  3. #ba61ad

Triadic

  1. #9a61ba
  2. #ba9a61
  3. #61ba9a

Tetradic

  1. #9a61ba
  2. #ba6181
  3. #81ba61
  4. #61ba9a

Square

  1. #9a61ba
  2. #ba6e61
  3. #81ba61
  4. #61adba

Monochromatic

  1. #48285a
  2. #733f90
  3. #9a61ba
  4. #bc96d1
  5. #decbe9

Shades

#9a61ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9a61ba
  2. #8b57a7
  3. #7b4e95
  4. #6c4482
  5. #5c3a70
  6. #4d315d
  7. #3e274a
  8. #2e1d38
  9. #1f1325
  10. #0f0a13
  11. #000000

Tints

#9a61ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9a61ba
  2. #a471c1
  3. #ae81c8
  4. #b890cf
  5. #c2a0d6
  6. #cdb0dd
  7. #d7c0e3
  8. #e1d0ea
  9. #ebdff1
  10. #f5eff8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9a61ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9a61ba
  2. #9764b4
  3. #9567ae
  4. #926aa9
  5. #906da3
  6. #8d719d
  7. #8a7497
  8. #887791
  9. #857a8c
  10. #837d86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #877097 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4d76bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d7ab8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #976f85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #746ebc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a71b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #986a9d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9a61ba {
  color: #9a61ba;
}
Background
.bg-9a61ba {
  background-color: #9a61ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9a61ba {
  border: 2px solid #9a61ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9a61ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 97 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 39% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9a61ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9a61ba, #ba61ad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9a61ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 97 186 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 3.68 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 5.43 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.75 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.67 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.79 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 8.71 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.24 #659e45 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#9a61ba  rgb(154, 97, 186)  hsl(278, 39%, 55%)  Amethyst
#81ba61  rgb(129, 186, 97)  hsl(98, 39%, 55%)  Mantis
#ba9a61  rgb(186, 154, 97)  hsl(38, 39%, 55%)  Camel
#61ba9a  rgb(97, 186, 154)  hsl(158, 39%, 55%)  Mint