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#AB4BFB

#ab4bfb ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab4bfb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 29.41% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.87% cyan, 70.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 272.73°, with 95.65% saturation and 63.92% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.65.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.2066

Complementary

  1. #ab4bfb
  2. #9bfb4b

Split complementary

  1. #ab4bfb
  2. #f3fb4b
  3. #4bfb53

Analogous

  1. #534bfb
  2. #ab4bfb
  3. #fb4bf3

Triadic

  1. #ab4bfb
  2. #fbab4b
  3. #4bfbab

Tetradic

  1. #ab4bfb
  2. #fb4b9b
  3. #9bfb4b
  4. #4bfbab

Square

  1. #ab4bfb
  2. #fb534b
  3. #9bfb4b
  4. #4bf3fb

Monochromatic

  1. #5e04a9
  2. #8805f4
  3. #ab4bfb
  4. #ce96fd
  5. #f1e1fe

Shades

#ab4bfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab4bfb
  2. #9a44e2
  3. #893cc9
  4. #7835b0
  5. #672d97
  6. #56267e
  7. #441e64
  8. #33174b
  9. #220f32
  10. #110819
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab4bfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab4bfb
  2. #b35dfb
  3. #bc6ffc
  4. #c481fc
  5. #cd93fd
  6. #d5a5fd
  7. #ddb7fd
  8. #e6c9fe
  9. #eedbfe
  10. #f7edff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab4bfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab4bfb
  2. #a750ef
  3. #a256e2
  4. #9e5bd6
  5. #9a60ca
  6. #9666be
  7. #916bb1
  8. #8d70a5
  9. #897599
  10. #847b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #926dbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007ef7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9c749e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #636bfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e6df9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a266ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab4bfb {
  color: #ab4bfb;
}
Background
.bg-ab4bfb {
  background-color: #ab4bfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab4bfb {
  border: 2px solid #ab4bfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab4bfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 75 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 96% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab4bfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab4bfb, #fb4bf3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab4bfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 75 251 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.65 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.29 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.35 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.38 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.33 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.72 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.82 #54b404 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ab4bfb  rgb(171, 75, 251)  hsl(273, 96%, 64%)  Electric Purple
#9bfb4b  rgb(155, 251, 75)  hsl(93, 96%, 64%)  Lawn Green
#fbab4b  rgb(251, 171, 75)  hsl(33, 96%, 64%)  Yellow Orange
#4bfbab  rgb(75, 251, 171)  hsl(153, 96%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green