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Amethyst Silk Pure
Color detail

Amethyst Silk Pure

Blue · Hue 245
Hex
#6F62F8
RGB
rgb(111, 98, 248)
HSL
hsl(245, 92%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(55%, 60%, 0%, 3%)
Metrics
S 92% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
4.4:1AA Large
on black
4.8:1AA
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About this color

Amethyst Silk Pure (#6F62F8) belongs to the blue family — hue 245°, 92% saturation, 68% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-amethyst-silk-pure: #6F62F8;
  --colorarchive-amethyst-silk-pure-hsl: hsl(245, 92%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-amethyst-silk-pure-rgb: rgb(111, 98, 248);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SereneTrustworthyClean
Common in

Social Media · Cloud Storage · Baby Products

Pairs well with

Light gray for tech minimalism, peach for friendly warmth

Design tip

The default choice for tech and social platforms for good reason. Light blue backgrounds reduce anxiety and increase trust.

Cultural context ▶

Light blue represents peace, sky, and openness. It's the most universally liked color, making it safe for global brands.

Color Origins

Blue family

The most-loved color on the planet, and the most overused.

Heritage

Blue is the rarest pigment in the natural world — and so, historically, the most expensive. Ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli mined only in Afghanistan, was worth more than gold in Renaissance Europe; Vermeer's bills were enormous because of how much he used. Egyptian blue (the first synthetic pigment, ~3000 BCE) was lost for centuries and rediscovered in the 19th. Prussian blue (1704) democratized blue overnight; Yves Klein's IKB (1960) re-aristocratized it.

Across cultures

In ancient Egypt blue was the color of the Nile and the heavens — sacred, protective. In China blue-and-white porcelain (qinghua) defined export ceramics for 600 years. In Mediterranean traditions blue wards off the evil eye. In post-WWII America, blue became the corporate default ('IBM blue'); in Japan, indigo (ai) is the centuries-old workwear dye that became the ground tone of an entire textile tradition. Across the world blue is consistently rated the most-liked color — sometimes by 35% margins.

In the wild

Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind. IBM's blue dates to 1947. Levi's blue is the natural color of indigo on cotton. Twitter Blue (#1DA1F2) defined social-media blue for a decade before X scrapped it. Pixar's Up famously runs on a single complementary palette built on blue. The blue checkmark, the blue link, the blue 'send' button — blue has become the default color of digital trust, to the point of being a UX cliché.

How it reads

Blue recedes — physically, the eye focuses blue light slightly behind the retina, which makes blue elements feel deep or distant. It reads as trustworthy, calm, corporate, and (at the cool end) cold. Light blues read airy and clinical; mid blues are the default for tech and finance; deep blues read as luxurious or naval. The omnipresence of blue in software is real: most enterprise UIs reach for it because it offends the fewest stakeholders, which is also the reason it can feel like the absence of a real choice.

This particular tone

A vivid mid-tone — distinctive enough to anchor an identity, saturated enough to demand a quiet supporting palette.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #6F62F8.

  • Stripeprimary
    Stripe Indigo · #635BFF
    →
  • Discordprimary
    Blurple · #5865F2
    →
  • Linearprimary
    Linear Indigo · #5E6AD2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #6F62F8.

  • MoroccoMajorelle Blue
    #6050DC · Jacques Majorelle's Marrakech garden, 1937
    →
  • MexicoTalavera Blue
    #2A52BE · Talavera Poblana tin-glazed pottery
    →
  • France (Paris)Seine Steel
    #7E8A93 · River reflectivity in winter
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Amethyst Bloom Pure
#9389FA · hsl(245, 92%, 76%)
Darker companion
Amethyst Tone Pure
#4B3BF7 · hsl(245, 92%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Citrine Silk Pure
#F8F862 · hsl(60, 92%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Plum Silk Pure
#AD62F8 · hsl(270, 92%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Cobalt Silk Pure
#6294F8 · hsl(220, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Scarlet Silk Pure
#F86F62 · hsl(5, 92%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Emerald Silk Pure
#62F862 · hsl(120, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Coral Silk Pure
#F8AD62 · hsl(30, 92%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Lime Silk Pure
#ADF862 · hsl(90, 92%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Amethyst Silk Pure #6F62F8
Lighter companion: Amethyst Bloom Pure #9389FA
Darker companion: Amethyst Tone Pure #4B3BF7
Complementary counterpoint: Citrine Silk Pure #F8F862
Analogous lead: Plum Silk Pure #AD62F8
Analogous echo: Cobalt Silk Pure #6294F8
Triadic +120°: Scarlet Silk Pure #F86F62
Triadic +240°: Emerald Silk Pure #62F862
Split-comp +150°: Coral Silk Pure #F8AD62
Split-comp +210°: Lime Silk Pure #ADF862

Compare

See how Amethyst Silk Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsAmethyst Bloom PurevsAmethyst Tone PurevsCitrine Silk PurevsPlum Silk PurevsCobalt Silk PurevsScarlet Silk Pure

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Amethyst Silk Bright
#7469F2 · hsl(245, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Iris Silk Pure
#6262F8 · hsl(240, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Violet Silk Pure
#7B62F8 · hsl(250, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Amethyst Tone Pure
#4B3BF7 · hsl(245, 92%, 60%)
Nearby match
Amethyst Bloom Pure
#9389FA · hsl(245, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Amethyst Silk Vivid
#7B71EA · hsl(245, 74%, 68%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AA Large4.2:1
Citrine Veil Faint
#FAFAF9
AA Large4.2:1
Citrine Veil Muted
#FBFBF9
AA Large4.2:1
Citrine Veil Dust
#FBFBF9
AA Large4.3:1
Citrine Veil Soft
#FCFCF8
AA Large4.3:1
Citrine Veil Clear
#FDFDF7
AA Large4.3:1
Citrine Veil Vivid
#FEFEF6

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#6A6BD9
Protanopia
#6A6ADF
Tritanopia
#6EC9C4
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