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#AA66EA

#aa66ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa66ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.35% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 270.91°, with 75.86% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2399

Complementary

  1. #aa66ea
  2. #a6ea66

Split complementary

  1. #aa66ea
  2. #e8ea66
  3. #66ea68

Analogous

  1. #6866ea
  2. #aa66ea
  3. #ea66e8

Triadic

  1. #aa66ea
  2. #eaaa66
  3. #66eaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa66ea
  2. #ea66a6
  3. #a6ea66
  4. #66eaaa

Square

  1. #aa66ea
  2. #ea6866
  3. #a6ea66
  4. #66e8ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5e16a1
  2. #8523e1
  3. #aa66ea
  4. #cfa9f3
  5. #f5edfc

Shades

#aa66ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa66ea
  2. #995cd3
  3. #8852bb
  4. #7747a4
  5. #663d8c
  6. #553375
  7. #44295e
  8. #331f46
  9. #22142f
  10. #110a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa66ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa66ea
  2. #b375ec
  3. #bb85ee
  4. #c494f0
  5. #cca3f2
  6. #d5b3f5
  7. #ddc2f7
  8. #e6d1f9
  9. #eee0fb
  10. #f7f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa66ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa66ea
  2. #a669df
  3. #a26bd5
  4. #9d6eca
  5. #9970c0
  6. #9573b5
  7. #9176aa
  8. #8d78a0
  9. #887b95
  10. #847d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #967bb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3384ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d87e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f7f9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7679ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d7be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a476c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa66ea {
  color: #aa66ea;
}
Background
.bg-aa66ea {
  background-color: #aa66ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa66ea {
  border: 2px solid #aa66ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa66ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa66ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa66ea, #ea66e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa66ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.14 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.21 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.25 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.38 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.90 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.02 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.70 #559915 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#aa66ea  rgb(170, 102, 234)  hsl(271, 76%, 66%)  Amethyst
#a6ea66  rgb(166, 234, 102)  hsl(91, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#eaaa66  rgb(234, 170, 102)  hsl(31, 76%, 66%)  Fawn
#66eaaa  rgb(102, 234, 170)  hsl(151, 76%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green