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#A568FF

Amethyst · medium cool purple

About #A568FF

#A568FF is a vivid, medium shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 65% red, 41% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Amethyst and Grape (ΔE 25.9); Grape comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2FF68 — a lime tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #A568FF for buttons, links and attention-grabbing accents. Put black text on top of it — 6.02:1, a WCAG AA pass.

Colour codes

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Red165
Green104
Blue255

Closest named colours

Amethyst
#9966CC · ΔE 25.9
Grape
#6F2DA8 · ΔE 26.4
Fuchsia
#C154C1 · ΔE 29.7

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #A568FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #A568FF.
3.49:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #A568FF.
6.02:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A568FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A568FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#0089FF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3088FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9188AA

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A568FF?

#A568FF is a vivid, medium shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 65% red, 41% green and 100% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #A568FF?

Use black text. Black on #A568FF has a contrast ratio of 6.02:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #A568FF?

Its complementary colour is #C2FF68, and analogous partners are #6876FF and #F168FF.