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#A809FA

#a809fa ≈ Vivid Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#a809fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 3.53% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.8% cyan, 96.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 279.59°, with 96.02% saturation and 50.78% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Vivid Violet (#9f00ff), ΔE 1.69.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1542

Complementary

  1. #a809fa
  2. #5bfa09

Split complementary

  1. #a809fa
  2. #d3fa09
  3. #09fa2f

Analogous

  1. #2f09fa
  2. #a809fa
  3. #fa09d3

Triadic

  1. #a809fa
  2. #faa809
  3. #09faa8

Tetradic

  1. #a809fa
  2. #fa095b
  3. #5bfa09
  4. #09faa8

Square

  1. #a809fa
  2. #fa2f09
  3. #5bfa09
  4. #09d3fa

Monochromatic

  1. #450268
  2. #7704b3
  3. #a809fa
  4. #c354fc
  5. #dd9ffd

Shades

#a809fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a809fa
  2. #9708e1
  3. #8607c8
  4. #7606af
  5. #650596
  6. #54057d
  7. #430464
  8. #32034b
  9. #220232
  10. #110119
  11. #000000

Tints

#a809fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a809fa
  2. #b122fb
  3. #b93afb
  4. #c253fc
  5. #cb6bfc
  6. #d484fd
  7. #dc9dfd
  8. #e5b5fe
  9. #eecefe
  10. #f6e6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a809fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a809fa
  2. #a415ee
  3. #a021e2
  4. #9c2dd5
  5. #9839c9
  6. #9445bd
  7. #9050b1
  8. #8c5ca5
  9. #886898
  10. #84748c
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6d6d6d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8956b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0069ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006ef6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #995e94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e53fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f57f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9f4ac5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a809fa {
  color: #a809fa;
}
Background
.bg-a809fa {
  background-color: #a809fa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-a809fa {
  border: 2px solid #a809fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a809fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 9 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a809fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a809fa, #fa09d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a809fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 9 250 / 0.35);
}

#9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 1.69 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.14 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 4.19 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.12 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.93 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.59 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.60 #57f605 Inverted #6d6d6d Grayscale 

Vivid Violet
#a809fa  rgb(168, 9, 250)  hsl(280, 96%, 51%)  Vivid Violet
#5bfa09  rgb(91, 250, 9)  hsl(100, 96%, 51%)  Harlequin
#faa809  rgb(250, 168, 9)  hsl(40, 96%, 51%)  Orange
#09faa8  rgb(9, 250, 168)  hsl(160, 96%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green