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#A080FA

#a080fa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a080fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36% cyan, 48.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 255.74°, with 92.42% saturation and 74.12% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.37.

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Relative luminance0.2981

Complementary

  1. #a080fa
  2. #dafa80

Split complementary

  1. #a080fa
  2. #fadd80
  3. #9dfa80

Analogous

  1. #809dfa
  2. #a080fa
  3. #dd80fa

Triadic

  1. #a080fa
  2. #faa080
  3. #80faa0

Tetradic

  1. #a080fa
  2. #fa80da
  3. #dafa80
  4. #80faa0

Square

  1. #a080fa
  2. #fa809d
  3. #dafa80
  4. #80fadd

Monochromatic

  1. #3f09d8
  2. #6936f7
  3. #a080fa
  4. #d7cafd
  5. #f0ebfe

Shades

#a080fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a080fa
  2. #9073e1
  3. #8066c8
  4. #705aaf
  5. #604d96
  6. #50407d
  7. #403364
  8. #30264b
  9. #201a32
  10. #100d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a080fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a080fa
  2. #aa8dfb
  3. #b399fb
  4. #bda6fc
  5. #c6b3fc
  6. #d0c0fd
  7. #d9ccfd
  8. #e3d9fe
  9. #ece6fe
  10. #f6f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a080fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a080fa
  2. #9d80ee
  3. #9a80e2
  4. #9680d5
  5. #9380c9
  6. #9080bd
  7. #8d80b1
  8. #8a80a5
  9. #868098
  10. #83808c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #998dc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5296fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5892f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8a98b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #798efd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b8bf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #938fd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a080fa {
  color: #a080fa;
}
Background
.bg-a080fa {
  background-color: #a080fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a080fa {
  border: 2px solid #a080fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a080fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 128 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 92% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a080fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a080fa, #dd80fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a080fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 128 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.37 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.70 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.12 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.04 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.70 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.94 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.95 #5f7f05 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a080fa  rgb(160, 128, 250)  hsl(256, 92%, 74%)  Medium Purple
#dafa80  rgb(218, 250, 128)  hsl(76, 92%, 74%)  Inchworm
#faa080  rgb(250, 160, 128)  hsl(16, 92%, 74%)  Light Salmon
#80faa0  rgb(128, 250, 160)  hsl(136, 92%, 74%)  Pale Green