#A468FF
Amethyst · medium cool purple
About #A468FF
#A468FF is a medium, vivid purple colour. Digitally that works out to 64% red, 41% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 36% cyan, 59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
Visually it is somewhere between Amethyst and Grape (ΔE 25.9), with Grape the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C3FF68 (lime), its complementary partner.
Because it is medium, it is most useful for buttons, links and attention-grabbing accents. Put black text on top of it — 6.00:1, a WCAG AA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #A468FF?
#A468FF is a medium, vivid purple colour. Digitally that works out to 64% red, 41% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 36% cyan, 59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.
›What text colour should I use on #A468FF?
Use black text. Black on #A468FF has a contrast ratio of 6.00:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #A468FF?
Its complementary colour is #C3FF68, and analogous partners are #6877FF and #F068FF.