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#AB72CA

#ab72ca ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ab72ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 44.71% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.35% cyan, 43.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 278.86°, with 45.36% saturation and 61.96% 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 5.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.26.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2496

Complementary

  1. #ab72ca
  2. #91ca72

Split complementary

  1. #ab72ca
  2. #bdca72
  3. #72ca7f

Analogous

  1. #7f72ca
  2. #ab72ca
  3. #ca72bd

Triadic

  1. #ab72ca
  2. #caab72
  3. #72caab

Tetradic

  1. #ab72ca
  2. #ca7291
  3. #91ca72
  4. #72caab

Square

  1. #ab72ca
  2. #ca7f72
  3. #91ca72
  4. #72bdca

Monochromatic

  1. #5c2d76
  2. #8841ae
  3. #ab72ca
  4. #ccaadf
  5. #ede1f4

Shades

#ab72ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab72ca
  2. #9a67b6
  3. #895ba2
  4. #78508d
  5. #674479
  6. #563965
  7. #442e51
  8. #33223d
  9. #221728
  10. #110b14
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab72ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab72ca
  2. #b380cf
  3. #bc8ed5
  4. #c49cda
  5. #cdaadf
  6. #d5b9e5
  7. #ddc7ea
  8. #e6d5ef
  9. #eee3f4
  10. #f7f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab72ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab72ca
  2. #a773c3
  3. #a275bb
  4. #9e76b4
  5. #9a78ac
  6. #9679a5
  7. #917a9e
  8. #8d7c96
  9. #897d8f
  10. #847f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9880a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6086cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f8ac8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a87f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #857ecc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b81c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a97aac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab72ca {
  color: #ab72ca;
}
Background
.bg-ab72ca {
  background-color: #ab72ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab72ca {
  border: 2px solid #ab72ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab72ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 114 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab72ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab72ca, #ca72bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab72ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 114 202 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.26 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.48 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.00 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.98 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.13 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.74 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.58 #548d35 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#ab72ca  rgb(171, 114, 202)  hsl(279, 45%, 62%)  Floral Lavender
#91ca72  rgb(145, 202, 114)  hsl(99, 45%, 62%)  Pistachio
#caab72  rgb(202, 171, 114)  hsl(39, 45%, 62%)  Ecru
#72caab  rgb(114, 202, 171)  hsl(159, 45%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine