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#A656FA

#a656fa ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a656fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 33.73% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.6% cyan, 65.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 269.27°, with 94.25% saturation and 65.88% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 7.37.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2166

Complementary

  1. #a656fa
  2. #aafa56

Split complementary

  1. #a656fa
  2. #faf856
  3. #58fa56

Analogous

  1. #5658fa
  2. #a656fa
  3. #f856fa

Triadic

  1. #a656fa
  2. #faa656
  3. #56faa6

Tetradic

  1. #a656fa
  2. #fa56aa
  3. #aafa56
  4. #56faa6

Square

  1. #a656fa
  2. #fa5658
  3. #aafa56
  4. #56faf8

Monochromatic

  1. #5905b2
  2. #7f0cf8
  3. #a656fa
  4. #cda0fc
  5. #f4ebfe

Shades

#a656fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a656fa
  2. #954de1
  3. #8545c8
  4. #743caf
  5. #643496
  6. #532b7d
  7. #422264
  8. #321a4b
  9. #211132
  10. #110919
  11. #000000

Tints

#a656fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a656fa
  2. #af67fb
  3. #b878fb
  4. #c189fc
  5. #ca9afc
  6. #d3abfd
  7. #dbbbfd
  8. #e4ccfe
  9. #edddfe
  10. #f6eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a656fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a656fa
  2. #a25aee
  3. #9e5ee2
  4. #9b63d5
  5. #9767c9
  6. #936bbd
  7. #8f6fb1
  8. #8b73a5
  9. #887898
  10. #847c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9172be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0780f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #957ba1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6471fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d71f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9c6ecb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a656fa {
  color: #a656fa;
}
Background
.bg-a656fa {
  background-color: #a656fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a656fa {
  border: 2px solid #a656fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a656fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 86 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a656fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a656fa, #f856fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a656fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 86 250 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.37 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.55 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.62 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.63 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.33 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.03 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 11.02 #59a905 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#a656fa  rgb(166, 86, 250)  hsl(269, 94%, 66%)  Amethyst
#aafa56  rgb(170, 250, 86)  hsl(89, 94%, 66%)  Green Yellow
#faa656  rgb(250, 166, 86)  hsl(29, 94%, 66%)  Sandy Brown
#56faa6  rgb(86, 250, 166)  hsl(149, 94%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green