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#9B59EA

#9b59ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#9b59ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.76% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 267.31°, with 77.54% saturation and 63.33% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.57.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2005

Complementary

  1. #9b59ea
  2. #a8ea59

Split complementary

  1. #9b59ea
  2. #eae359
  3. #5fea59

Analogous

  1. #595fea
  2. #9b59ea
  3. #e359ea

Triadic

  1. #9b59ea
  2. #ea9b59
  3. #59ea9b

Tetradic

  1. #9b59ea
  2. #ea59a8
  3. #a8ea59
  4. #59ea9b

Square

  1. #9b59ea
  2. #ea595f
  3. #a8ea59
  4. #59eae3

Monochromatic

  1. #4f1397
  2. #731cdb
  3. #9b59ea
  4. #c49df3
  5. #ede1fb

Shades

#9b59ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9b59ea
  2. #8c50d3
  3. #7c47bb
  4. #6d3ea4
  5. #5d358c
  6. #4e2d75
  7. #3e245e
  8. #2f1b46
  9. #1f122f
  10. #100917
  11. #000000

Tints

#9b59ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9b59ea
  2. #a56aec
  3. #af7aee
  4. #b98bf0
  5. #c39bf2
  6. #cdacf5
  7. #d7bdf7
  8. #e1cdf9
  9. #ebdefb
  10. #f5eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9b59ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9b59ea
  2. #985ddf
  3. #9661d5
  4. #9365ca
  5. #9069c0
  6. #8e6db5
  7. #8b70aa
  8. #8874a0
  9. #857895
  10. #837c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #896fb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #257be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8b7899 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #626fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #696fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #916dbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9b59ea {
  color: #9b59ea;
}
Background
.bg-9b59ea {
  background-color: #9b59ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9b59ea {
  border: 2px solid #9b59ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9b59ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9b59ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9b59ea, #e359ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9b59ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.57 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.34 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.00 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.54 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.58 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.60 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.69 #64a615 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Amethyst
#9b59ea  rgb(155, 89, 234)  hsl(267, 78%, 63%)  Amethyst
#a8ea59  rgb(168, 234, 89)  hsl(87, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#ea9b59  rgb(234, 155, 89)  hsl(27, 78%, 63%)  Sandy Brown
#59ea9b  rgb(89, 234, 155)  hsl(147, 78%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green