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#A85DFD

#a85dfd ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a85dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 36.47% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.6% cyan, 63.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 268.13°, with 97.56% saturation and 67.84% 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 5.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.97.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2325

Complementary

  1. #a85dfd
  2. #b2fd5d

Split complementary

  1. #a85dfd
  2. #fdf85d
  3. #62fd5d

Analogous

  1. #5d62fd
  2. #a85dfd
  3. #f85dfd

Triadic

  1. #a85dfd
  2. #fda85d
  3. #5dfda8

Tetradic

  1. #a85dfd
  2. #fd5db2
  3. #b2fd5d
  4. #5dfda8

Square

  1. #a85dfd
  2. #fd5d62
  3. #b2fd5d
  4. #5dfdf8

Monochromatic

  1. #5b02bf
  2. #7f11fc
  3. #a85dfd
  4. #d1a9fe
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#a85dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a85dfd
  2. #9754e4
  3. #864aca
  4. #7641b1
  5. #653898
  6. #542f7f
  7. #432565
  8. #321c4c
  9. #221333
  10. #110919
  11. #000000

Tints

#a85dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a85dfd
  2. #b16dfd
  3. #b97dfd
  4. #c28efe
  5. #cb9efe
  6. #d4aefe
  7. #dcbefe
  8. #e5cefe
  9. #eedfff
  10. #f6efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a85dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a85dfd
  2. #a461f1
  3. #a064e4
  4. #9c68d8
  5. #986bcb
  6. #946fbf
  7. #9072b2
  8. #8c76a6
  9. #887999
  10. #847d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9477c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0083ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2084fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9780a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6976ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7176fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e74ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a85dfd {
  color: #a85dfd;
}
Background
.bg-a85dfd {
  background-color: #a85dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a85dfd {
  border: 2px solid #a85dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a85dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 93 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 98% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a85dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a85dfd, #f85dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a85dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 93 253 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.97 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.41 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.89 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.20 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.00 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.31 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.38 #57a202 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#a85dfd  rgb(168, 93, 253)  hsl(268, 98%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#b2fd5d  rgb(178, 253, 93)  hsl(88, 98%, 68%)  Green Yellow
#fda85d  rgb(253, 168, 93)  hsl(28, 98%, 68%)  Sandy Brown
#5dfda8  rgb(93, 253, 168)  hsl(148, 98%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green