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#AB23F2

#ab23f2 ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ab23f2 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 13.73% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.34% cyan, 85.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 279.42°, with 88.84% saturation and 54.31% 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 4.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.27.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1627

Complementary

  1. #ab23f2
  2. #6af223

Split complementary

  1. #ab23f2
  2. #d1f223
  3. #23f243

Analogous

  1. #4323f2
  2. #ab23f2
  3. #f223d1

Triadic

  1. #ab23f2
  2. #f2ab23
  3. #23f2ab

Tetradic

  1. #ab23f2
  2. #f2236a
  3. #6af223
  4. #23f2ab

Square

  1. #ab23f2
  2. #f24323
  3. #6af223
  4. #23d1f2

Monochromatic

  1. #4f0775
  2. #800bbd
  3. #ab23f2
  4. #c76bf6
  5. #e2b3fb

Shades

#ab23f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab23f2
  2. #9a20da
  3. #891cc2
  4. #7819a9
  5. #671591
  6. #561279
  7. #440e61
  8. #330b49
  9. #220730
  10. #110418
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab23f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab23f2
  2. #b339f3
  3. #bc4ff5
  4. #c465f6
  5. #cd7bf7
  6. #d591f9
  7. #dda7fa
  8. #e6bdfb
  9. #eed3fc
  10. #f7e9fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab23f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab23f2
  2. #a72ce7
  3. #a236db
  4. #9e3fd0
  5. #9a48c4
  6. #9652b9
  7. #915bae
  8. #8d64a2
  9. #896d97
  10. #84778b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #707070 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c5bb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006bf7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a05f91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a57f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #695cf0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a44ec0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab23f2 {
  color: #ab23f2;
}
Background
.bg-ab23f2 {
  background-color: #ab23f2;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ab23f2 {
  border: 2px solid #ab23f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab23f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 35 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 89% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab23f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab23f2, #f223d1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab23f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 35 242 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.27 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.34 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.43 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.70 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.75 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 7.26 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.71 #54dc0d Inverted #707070 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ab23f2  rgb(171, 35, 242)  hsl(279, 89%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#6af223  rgb(106, 242, 35)  hsl(99, 89%, 54%)  Lawn Green
#f2ab23  rgb(242, 171, 35)  hsl(39, 89%, 54%)  Marigold
#23f2ab  rgb(35, 242, 171)  hsl(159, 89%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green