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Hex #a66bee

#a66bee is a great light violet shade for your next project. Scroll down for #a66bee color information, color shades and color usage information.

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#a66bee Conversion table

Category	violet (light violet)
HEX	#a66bee copy to clipboard
RGB	R 166 G 107 B 238 RGB (166, 107, 238) copy to clipboard
HSL	H 267.02 S 0.79 L 0.68
CMYK	C 28% M 51% Y 0% K 7%
Usage of violet	The color #a66bee is a great light shade. Is it suitable for text, buttons or backgrounds? Read usage recommendations ...

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#a66bee Conversion and Usage

Conversion results of this color to RGB, CMYK and HSL. Usage Recommendations on the right.

#a66bee to RGB conversion

Red	166	166% RED
Green	107	107% GREEN
Blue	238	238% BLUE

CSS code: color: rgb(166, 107, 238); // for css text color
background-color: rgb(166, 107, 238); // for css background-color

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#a66bee to CMYK conversion

Cyan	Magenta	Yellow	Black
28.24 %	51.37 %	0 %	6.67 %

#a66bee to HSL conversion

Hue	Saturation	Lightness
267.023	0.79	0.68

CSS code: color: hsl(267, 79%, 68%);

HSL is supported in all major browsers!

Usage of #a66bee

Recommendations for light backgrounds in respect of a good contrast.

Usage for Text:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage for headings:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage as fill color:	recommended
Usage for buttons:	watch out for enough contrast

As a rather light shade, this color can very well be used as a fill/background, also to bigger elements. If there is no obvious reason, we do not recommend using it as text-color on white backgrounds (low contrast gives bad accessability-rating). Some usage-examples for #a66bee

Tints and Shades of #a66bee

Tints of #a66bee		Shades of #a66bee
	The actual color		The actual color
	5% lighter		5% darker
	10% lighter		10% darker
	15% lighter		15% darker

Color Examples: This is a violet Heading in #a66bee

This shows how text with the hex-color #a66bee would look on a white background. Because of the lightness of the color this color is not recommended to be used as font-color. However, if you know what you are doing, feel free to use this color for anything you think it would be nice :-)!

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Violet Color Scheme based on #a66bee

Primary
#a66bee (already open)

Secondary
#b3ee6b

Tertiary
#eefbdd

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Complementary Color: #b3ee6b

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Violet Webdesign Color Scheme based on #a66bee

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