Amethyst (996EDE) — Shades, Harmonies, Palettes, CSS Code

"Amethyst"

Purple · Spring

🧠 Psychology

Color of mystery and creativity. Evokes luxury, spirituality and originality.

✨ Uses

Luxury, beauty, spirituality, creative tech, gaming.

Tip

Amethyst pairs ideally with #1C1B18 (dark text) and a neutral background for a modern, readable result.

Values

HEX #996EDE

RGB rgb(153, 110, 222)

HSL hsl(263°, 63%, 65%)

CMYK C:31% M:50% Y:0% K:13%

Luminance 0.2348

WCAG Accessibility

On white 3.72:1

Aa — #996EDE

Secondary text

✗ AA ✗ AAA ✓ AA Large

On black 5.64:1

Aa — #996EDE

Secondary text

✓ AA ✗ AAA ✓ AA Large

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All harmonies

Complementary

#996EDE #B3DE6E

Analogous

#6E7BDE #996EDE #D16EDE

Triadic

#996EDE #DE996E #6EDE99

Split-comp.

#996EDE #DED16E #7BDE6E

Tetradic

#996EDE #DE6E7B #B3DE6E #6EDED1

Monochromatic

#381E62 #6536B0 #9B76D5 #B79DE1 #E2D8F3

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