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#AB4EEC

#ab4eec ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab4eec is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 30.59% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.54% cyan, 66.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 275.32°, with 80.61% saturation and 61.57% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.63.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2016

Complementary

  1. #ab4eec
  2. #8fec4e

Split complementary

  1. #ab4eec
  2. #deec4e
  3. #4eec5c

Analogous

  1. #5c4eec
  2. #ab4eec
  3. #ec4ede

Triadic

  1. #ab4eec
  2. #ecab4e
  3. #4eecab

Tetradic

  1. #ab4eec
  2. #ec4e8f
  3. #8fec4e
  4. #4eecab

Square

  1. #ab4eec
  2. #ec5c4e
  3. #8fec4e
  4. #4edeec

Monochromatic

  1. #5c1091
  2. #8817d6
  3. #ab4eec
  4. #cc93f3
  5. #edd8fb

Shades

#ab4eec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab4eec
  2. #9a46d4
  3. #893ebd
  4. #7837a5
  5. #672f8e
  6. #562776
  7. #441f5e
  8. #331747
  9. #22102f
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab4eec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab4eec
  2. #b360ee
  3. #bc71f0
  4. #c483f2
  5. #cd95f4
  6. #d5a7f6
  7. #ddb8f7
  8. #e6caf9
  9. #eedcfb
  10. #f7edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab4eec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab4eec
  2. #a753e1
  3. #a258d6
  4. #9e5dcc
  5. #9a62c1
  6. #9667b6
  7. #916cab
  8. #8d71a0
  9. #897696
  10. #847b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #916db4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2b7de9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a17097 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a6aef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #756dea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a564bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab4eec {
  color: #ab4eec;
}
Background
.bg-ab4eec {
  background-color: #ab4eec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab4eec {
  border: 2px solid #ab4eec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab4eec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 78 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 81% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab4eec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab4eec, #ec4ede);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab4eec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 78 236 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.63 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.96 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.97 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.70 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.75 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.77 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.92 #54b113 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ab4eec  rgb(171, 78, 236)  hsl(275, 81%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#8fec4e  rgb(143, 236, 78)  hsl(95, 81%, 62%)  Inchworm
#ecab4e  rgb(236, 171, 78)  hsl(35, 81%, 62%)  Indian Yellow
#4eecab  rgb(78, 236, 171)  hsl(155, 81%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green