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#AB5BEF

#ab5bef ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab5bef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 35.69% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.45% cyan, 61.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 272.43°, with 82.22% saturation and 64.71% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.81.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2237

Complementary

  1. #ab5bef
  2. #9fef5b

Split complementary

  1. #ab5bef
  2. #e9ef5b
  3. #5bef61

Analogous

  1. #615bef
  2. #ab5bef
  3. #ef5be9

Triadic

  1. #ab5bef
  2. #efab5b
  3. #5befab

Tetradic

  1. #ab5bef
  2. #ef5b9f
  3. #9fef5b
  4. #5befab

Square

  1. #ab5bef
  2. #ef615b
  3. #9fef5b
  4. #5be9ef

Monochromatic

  1. #5e10a1
  2. #8717e7
  3. #ab5bef
  4. #cfa1f6
  5. #f2e6fd

Shades

#ab5bef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab5bef
  2. #9a52d7
  3. #8949bf
  4. #7840a7
  5. #67378f
  6. #562e78
  7. #442460
  8. #331b48
  9. #221230
  10. #110918
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab5bef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab5bef
  2. #b36bf1
  3. #bc7cf2
  4. #c48cf4
  5. #cd9df5
  6. #d5adf7
  7. #ddbdf9
  8. #e6cefa
  9. #eedefc
  10. #f7effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab5bef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab5bef
  2. #a75fe4
  3. #a262d9
  4. #9e66ce
  5. #9a6ac3
  6. #966eb8
  7. #9171ac
  8. #8d75a1
  9. #897996
  10. #847c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9474b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0080f4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a83ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f799d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f73f2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7875ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a46fc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab5bef {
  color: #ab5bef;
}
Background
.bg-ab5bef {
  background-color: #ab5bef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab5bef {
  border: 2px solid #ab5bef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab5bef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 91 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 82% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab5bef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab5bef, #ef5be9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab5bef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 91 239 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.81 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.02 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.84 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.31 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.09 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.69 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.15 #54a410 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ab5bef  rgb(171, 91, 239)  hsl(272, 82%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#9fef5b  rgb(159, 239, 91)  hsl(92, 82%, 65%)  Inchworm
#efab5b  rgb(239, 171, 91)  hsl(32, 82%, 65%)  Indian Yellow
#5befab  rgb(91, 239, 171)  hsl(152, 82%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green