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#AB18FF

#ab18ff ≈ Vivid Violet

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ab18ff is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 9.41% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.94% cyan, 90.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 278.18°, with 100% saturation and 54.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Vivid Violet (#9f00ff), ΔE 2.74.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1653

Complementary

  1. #ab18ff
  2. #6cff18

Split complementary

  1. #ab18ff
  2. #e0ff18
  3. #18ff38

Analogous

  1. #3818ff
  2. #ab18ff
  3. #ff18e0

Triadic

  1. #ab18ff
  2. #ffab18
  3. #18ffab

Tetradic

  1. #ab18ff
  2. #ff186c
  3. #6cff18
  4. #18ffab

Square

  1. #ab18ff
  2. #ff3818
  3. #6cff18
  4. #18e0ff

Monochromatic

  1. #50007e
  2. #8100cb
  3. #ab18ff
  4. #c765ff
  5. #e3b1ff

Shades

#ab18ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab18ff
  2. #9a16e6
  3. #8913cc
  4. #7811b3
  5. #670e99
  6. #560c80
  7. #440a66
  8. #33074d
  9. #220533
  10. #11021a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab18ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab18ff
  2. #b32fff
  3. #bc46ff
  4. #c45dff
  5. #cd74ff
  6. #d58cff
  7. #dda3ff
  8. #e6baff
  9. #eed1ff
  10. #f7e8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab18ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab18ff
  2. #a722f2
  3. #a22de6
  4. #9e37d9
  5. #9a42cc
  6. #964cc0
  7. #9156b3
  8. #8d61a6
  9. #896b99
  10. #84768d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c5abb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9c6398 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5157ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #615bfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a24fc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab18ff {
  color: #ab18ff;
}
Background
.bg-ab18ff {
  background-color: #ab18ff;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ab18ff {
  border: 2px solid #ab18ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab18ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 24 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab18ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab18ff, #ff18e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab18ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 24 255 / 0.35);
}

#9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 2.74 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.15 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.23 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.15 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.72 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 7.95 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 9.62 #54e700 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

Vivid Violet
#ab18ff  rgb(171, 24, 255)  hsl(278, 100%, 55%)  Vivid Violet
#6cff18  rgb(108, 255, 24)  hsl(98, 100%, 55%)  Lawn Green
#ffab18  rgb(255, 171, 24)  hsl(38, 100%, 55%)  Orange
#18ffab  rgb(24, 255, 171)  hsl(158, 100%, 55%)  Medium Spring Green