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#AB70EF

#ab70ef ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ab70ef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 43.92% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.45% cyan, 53.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 267.87°, with 79.87% saturation and 68.82% 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 6.3:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.99.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2648

Complementary

  1. #ab70ef
  2. #b4ef70

Split complementary

  1. #ab70ef
  2. #efea70
  3. #74ef70

Analogous

  1. #7074ef
  2. #ab70ef
  3. #ea70ef

Triadic

  1. #ab70ef
  2. #efab70
  3. #70efab

Tetradic

  1. #ab70ef
  2. #ef70b4
  3. #b4ef70
  4. #70efab

Square

  1. #ab70ef
  2. #ef7074
  3. #b4ef70
  4. #70efea

Monochromatic

  1. #5d14b2
  2. #832be7
  3. #ab70ef
  4. #d3b5f7
  5. #f4edfd

Shades

#ab70ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab70ef
  2. #9a65d7
  3. #895abf
  4. #784ea7
  5. #67438f
  6. #563878
  7. #442d60
  8. #332248
  9. #221630
  10. #110b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab70ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab70ef
  2. #b37ef1
  3. #bc8df2
  4. #c49bf4
  5. #cda9f5
  6. #d5b8f7
  7. #ddc6f9
  8. #e6d4fa
  9. #eee2fc
  10. #f7f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab70ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab70ef
  2. #a772e4
  3. #a273d9
  4. #9e75ce
  5. #9a76c3
  6. #9678b8
  7. #917aac
  8. #8d7ba1
  9. #897d96
  10. #847e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a82bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #438bf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #568cec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f88a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a81f2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8182ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a47fc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab70ef {
  color: #ab70ef;
}
Background
.bg-ab70ef {
  background-color: #ab70ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab70ef {
  border: 2px solid #ab70ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab70ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 112 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 80% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab70ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab70ef, #ea70ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab70ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 112 239 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.99 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.87 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.46 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.24 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.08 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.19 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.71 #548f10 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ab70ef  rgb(171, 112, 239)  hsl(268, 80%, 69%)  Medium Purple
#b4ef70  rgb(180, 239, 112)  hsl(88, 80%, 69%)  Inchworm
#efab70  rgb(239, 171, 112)  hsl(28, 80%, 69%)  Fawn
#70efab  rgb(112, 239, 171)  hsl(148, 80%, 69%)  Medium Spring Green