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#A669FF

Amethyst · medium cool purple

About #A669FF

#A669FF is a medium, vivid purple colour. Digitally that works out to 65% red, 41% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 35% cyan, 59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Amethyst and Grape (ΔE 25.4), with Grape the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C2FF69 (mint), 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 — 6.09:1, a WCAG AA pass.

Colour codes

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Red166
Green105
Blue255

Closest named colours

Amethyst
#9966CC · ΔE 25.4
Grape
#6F2DA8 · ΔE 26.4
Fuchsia
#C154C1 · ΔE 29.3

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

Text on #A669FF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #A669FF.
3.45:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on amethyst #A669FF.
6.09:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A669FF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A669FF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#068AFF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3389FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9289AA

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A669FF?

#A669FF is a medium, vivid purple colour. Digitally that works out to 65% red, 41% green and 100% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 35% cyan, 59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #A669FF?

Use black text. Black on #A669FF has a contrast ratio of 6.09:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #A669FF?

Its complementary colour is #C2FF69, and analogous partners are #6977FF and #F169FF.