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#A149FD

#a149fd ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a149fd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 28.63% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.36% cyan, 71.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 269.33°, with 97.83% saturation and 63.92% 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 4.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.94.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1943

Complementary

  1. #a149fd
  2. #a5fd49

Split complementary

  1. #a149fd
  2. #fdfb49
  3. #4bfd49

Analogous

  1. #494bfd
  2. #a149fd
  3. #fb49fd

Triadic

  1. #a149fd
  2. #fda149
  3. #49fda1

Tetradic

  1. #a149fd
  2. #fd49a5
  3. #a5fd49
  4. #49fda1

Square

  1. #a149fd
  2. #fd494b
  3. #a5fd49
  4. #49fdfb

Monochromatic

  1. #5502ab
  2. #7a03f7
  3. #a149fd
  4. #c895fe
  5. #efe0ff

Shades

#a149fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a149fd
  2. #9142e4
  3. #813aca
  4. #7133b1
  5. #612c98
  6. #51257f
  7. #401d65
  8. #30164c
  9. #200f33
  10. #100719
  11. #000000

Tints

#a149fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a149fd
  2. #aa5bfd
  3. #b46dfd
  4. #bd80fe
  5. #c792fe
  6. #d0a4fe
  7. #d9b6fe
  8. #e3c8fe
  9. #ecdbff
  10. #f6edff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a149fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a149fd
  2. #9e4ff1
  3. #9a54e4
  4. #975ad8
  5. #945fcb
  6. #9165bf
  7. #8d6ab2
  8. #8a70a6
  9. #877599
  10. #837b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b6abd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0079f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8d759f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5869ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6269fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9566cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a149fd {
  color: #a149fd;
}
Background
.bg-a149fd {
  background-color: #a149fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a149fd {
  border: 2px solid #a149fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a149fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 73 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 98% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a149fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a149fd, #fb49fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a149fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 73 253 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.94 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.18 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.74 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.77 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.82 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.91 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.95 #5eb602 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a149fd  rgb(161, 73, 253)  hsl(269, 98%, 64%)  Electric Purple
#a5fd49  rgb(165, 253, 73)  hsl(89, 98%, 64%)  Green Yellow
#fda149  rgb(253, 161, 73)  hsl(29, 98%, 64%)  Neon Carrot
#49fda1  rgb(73, 253, 161)  hsl(149, 98%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green