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#AB6BFA

#ab6bfa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab6bfa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 41.96% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.6% cyan, 57.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 266.85°, with 93.46% saturation and 70% 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 6.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.85.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2608

Complementary

  1. #ab6bfa
  2. #bafa6b

Split complementary

  1. #ab6bfa
  2. #faf26b
  3. #73fa6b

Analogous

  1. #6b73fa
  2. #ab6bfa
  3. #f26bfa

Triadic

  1. #ab6bfa
  2. #faab6b
  3. #6bfaab

Tetradic

  1. #ab6bfa
  2. #fa6bba
  3. #bafa6b
  4. #6bfaab

Square

  1. #ab6bfa
  2. #fa6b73
  3. #bafa6b
  4. #6bfaf2

Monochromatic

  1. #5c07c5
  2. #8121f7
  3. #ab6bfa
  4. #d5b5fc
  5. #f4ebfe

Shades

#ab6bfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab6bfa
  2. #9a60e1
  3. #8956c8
  4. #784baf
  5. #674096
  6. #56367d
  7. #442b64
  8. #33204b
  9. #221532
  10. #110b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab6bfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab6bfa
  2. #b37afb
  3. #bc89fb
  4. #c497fc
  5. #cda6fc
  6. #d5b5fd
  7. #ddc4fd
  8. #e6d3fe
  9. #eee1fe
  10. #f7f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab6bfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab6bfa
  2. #a76dee
  3. #a26fe2
  4. #9e71d5
  5. #9a73c9
  6. #9676bd
  7. #9178b1
  8. #8d7aa5
  9. #897c98
  10. #847e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9980c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #288bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #448bf7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b88a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #747ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b7ff8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a27dce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab6bfa {
  color: #ab6bfa;
}
Background
.bg-ab6bfa {
  background-color: #ab6bfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab6bfa {
  border: 2px solid #ab6bfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab6bfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 107 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 93% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab6bfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab6bfa, #f26bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab6bfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 107 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.85 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.37 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.70 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.59 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.69 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.50 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 11.88 #549405 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ab6bfa  rgb(171, 107, 250)  hsl(267, 93%, 70%)  Medium Purple
#bafa6b  rgb(186, 250, 107)  hsl(87, 93%, 70%)  Inchworm
#faab6b  rgb(250, 171, 107)  hsl(27, 93%, 70%)  Sandy Brown
#6bfaab  rgb(107, 250, 171)  hsl(147, 93%, 70%)  Medium Spring Green