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#AF66EA

#af66ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#af66ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.21% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 273.18°, 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 5.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.58.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2456

Complementary

  1. #af66ea
  2. #a1ea66

Split complementary

  1. #af66ea
  2. #e3ea66
  3. #66ea6d

Analogous

  1. #6d66ea
  2. #af66ea
  3. #ea66e3

Triadic

  1. #af66ea
  2. #eaaf66
  3. #66eaaf

Tetradic

  1. #af66ea
  2. #ea66a1
  3. #a1ea66
  4. #66eaaf

Square

  1. #af66ea
  2. #ea6d66
  3. #a1ea66
  4. #66e3ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6316a1
  2. #8c23e1
  3. #af66ea
  4. #d2a9f3
  5. #f5edfc

Shades

#af66ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af66ea
  2. #9e5cd3
  3. #8c52bb
  4. #7b47a4
  5. #693d8c
  6. #583375
  7. #46295e
  8. #351f46
  9. #23142f
  10. #120a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#af66ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af66ea
  2. #b775ec
  3. #bf85ee
  4. #c794f0
  5. #cfa3f2
  6. #d7b3f5
  7. #dfc2f7
  8. #e7d1f9
  9. #efe0fb
  10. #f7f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af66ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af66ea
  2. #aa69df
  3. #a66bd5
  4. #a16eca
  5. #9c70c0
  6. #9873b5
  7. #9376aa
  8. #8e78a0
  9. #897b95
  10. #857d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #997cb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3685ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5289e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a67f9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a7aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #827ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa76c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af66ea {
  color: #af66ea;
}
Background
.bg-af66ea {
  background-color: #af66ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af66ea {
  border: 2px solid #af66ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af66ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af66ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af66ea, #ea66e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af66ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.58 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.77 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.94 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.95 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.17 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.84 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.62 #509915 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#af66ea  rgb(175, 102, 234)  hsl(273, 76%, 66%)  Amethyst
#a1ea66  rgb(161, 234, 102)  hsl(93, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#eaaf66  rgb(234, 175, 102)  hsl(33, 76%, 66%)  Indian Yellow
#66eaaf  rgb(102, 234, 175)  hsl(153, 76%, 66%)  Aquamarine