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#AB59EA

#ab59ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab59ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.92% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 273.93°, with 77.54% saturation and 63.33% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2174

Complementary

  1. #ab59ea
  2. #98ea59

Split complementary

  1. #ab59ea
  2. #e0ea59
  3. #59ea62

Analogous

  1. #6259ea
  2. #ab59ea
  3. #ea59e0

Triadic

  1. #ab59ea
  2. #eaab59
  3. #59eaab

Tetradic

  1. #ab59ea
  2. #ea5998
  3. #98ea59
  4. #59eaab

Square

  1. #ab59ea
  2. #ea6259
  3. #98ea59
  4. #59e0ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5e1397
  2. #881cdb
  3. #ab59ea
  4. #cd9df3
  5. #f0e1fb

Shades

#ab59ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab59ea
  2. #9a50d3
  3. #8947bb
  4. #783ea4
  5. #67358c
  6. #562d75
  7. #44245e
  8. #331b46
  9. #22122f
  10. #110917
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab59ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab59ea
  2. #b36aec
  3. #bc7aee
  4. #c48bf0
  5. #cd9bf2
  6. #d5acf5
  7. #ddbdf7
  8. #e6cdf9
  9. #eedefb
  10. #f7eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab59ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab59ea
  2. #a75ddf
  3. #a261d5
  4. #9e65ca
  5. #9a69c0
  6. #966db5
  7. #9170aa
  8. #8d74a0
  9. #897895
  10. #847c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9373b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007def ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e81e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1769a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7071ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7973e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a56cbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab59ea {
  color: #ab59ea;
}
Background
.bg-ab59ea {
  background-color: #ab59ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab59ea {
  border: 2px solid #ab59ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab59ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab59ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab59ea, #ea59e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab59ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.14 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.68 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.07 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.95 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.44 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.89 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.44 #54a615 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ab59ea  rgb(171, 89, 234)  hsl(274, 78%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#98ea59  rgb(152, 234, 89)  hsl(94, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eaab59  rgb(234, 171, 89)  hsl(34, 78%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#59eaab  rgb(89, 234, 171)  hsl(154, 78%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green