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#A052D9

#a052d9 ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a052d9 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 32.16% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.27% cyan, 62.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 274.67°, with 63.98% saturation and 58.63% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.28.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1852

Complementary

  1. #a052d9
  2. #8bd952

Split complementary

  1. #a052d9
  2. #ced952
  3. #52d95d

Analogous

  1. #5d52d9
  2. #a052d9
  3. #d952ce

Triadic

  1. #a052d9
  2. #d9a052
  3. #52d9a0

Tetradic

  1. #a052d9
  2. #d9528b
  3. #8bd952
  4. #52d9a0

Square

  1. #a052d9
  2. #d95d52
  3. #8bd952
  4. #52ced9

Monochromatic

  1. #501a78
  2. #7a28b6
  3. #a052d9
  4. #c291e7
  5. #e5cff5

Shades

#a052d9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a052d9
  2. #904ac3
  3. #8042ae
  4. #703998
  5. #603182
  6. #50296d
  7. #402157
  8. #301941
  9. #20102b
  10. #100816
  11. #000000

Tints

#a052d9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a052d9
  2. #aa63dd
  3. #b375e1
  4. #bd86e4
  5. #c697e8
  6. #d0a9ec
  7. #d9baf0
  8. #e3cbf4
  9. #ecdcf7
  10. #f6eefb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a052d9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a052d9
  2. #9d57d0
  3. #9a5bc7
  4. #9660be
  5. #9364b5
  6. #9069ad
  7. #8d6ea4
  8. #8a729b
  9. #867792
  10. #837b89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #896aa7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0174dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3b78d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #976d8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6968dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #726bd7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b63b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a052d9 {
  color: #a052d9;
}
Background
.bg-a052d9 {
  background-color: #a052d9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a052d9 {
  border: 2px solid #a052d9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a052d9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 82 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 64% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a052d9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a052d9, #d952ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a052d9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 82 217 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.28 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.71 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.08 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 7.32 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.70 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.10 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.99 #5fad26 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a052d9  rgb(160, 82, 217)  hsl(275, 64%, 59%)  Amethyst
#8bd952  rgb(139, 217, 82)  hsl(95, 64%, 59%)  Yellow Green
#d9a052  rgb(217, 160, 82)  hsl(35, 64%, 59%)  Indian Yellow
#52d9a0  rgb(82, 217, 160)  hsl(155, 64%, 59%)  Caribbean Green