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#A080EA

#a080ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a080ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 50.2% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.62% cyan, 45.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 258.11°, with 71.62% saturation and 70.98% 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 6.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.21.

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Relative luminance0.2885

Complementary

  1. #a080ea
  2. #caea80

Split complementary

  1. #a080ea
  2. #ead580
  3. #95ea80

Analogous

  1. #8095ea
  2. #a080ea
  3. #d580ea

Triadic

  1. #a080ea
  2. #eaa080
  3. #80eaa0

Tetradic

  1. #a080ea
  2. #ea80ca
  3. #caea80
  4. #80eaa0

Square

  1. #a080ea
  2. #ea8095
  3. #caea80
  4. #80ead5

Monochromatic

  1. #4b1eb3
  2. #6f3edf
  3. #a080ea
  4. #d1c2f5
  5. #f2edfc

Shades

#a080ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a080ea
  2. #9073d3
  3. #8066bb
  4. #705aa4
  5. #604d8c
  6. #504075
  7. #40335e
  8. #302646
  9. #201a2f
  10. #100d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#a080ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a080ea
  2. #aa8dec
  3. #b399ee
  4. #bda6f0
  5. #c6b3f2
  6. #d0c0f5
  7. #d9ccf7
  8. #e3d9f9
  9. #ece6fb
  10. #f6f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a080ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a080ea
  2. #9d80df
  3. #9a80d5
  4. #9680ca
  5. #9380c0
  6. #9080b5
  7. #8d80aa
  8. #8a80a0
  9. #868095
  10. #83808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #988bbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e93ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6491e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9094aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e8cec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #808ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #978cc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a080ea {
  color: #a080ea;
}
Background
.bg-a080ea {
  background-color: #a080ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a080ea {
  border: 2px solid #a080ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a080ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 128 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 72% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a080ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a080ea, #d580ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a080ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 128 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.21 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.93 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.59 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.48 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.56 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.59 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.44 #5f7f15 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a080ea  rgb(160, 128, 234)  hsl(258, 72%, 71%)  Medium Purple
#caea80  rgb(202, 234, 128)  hsl(78, 72%, 71%)  Inchworm
#eaa080  rgb(234, 160, 128)  hsl(18, 72%, 71%)  Dark Salmon
#80eaa0  rgb(128, 234, 160)  hsl(138, 72%, 71%)  Light Green