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#AB72F6

#ab72f6 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab72f6 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 44.71% green and 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.49% cyan, 53.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 265.91°, with 88% saturation and 70.59% 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 6.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.46.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2735

Complementary

  1. #ab72f6
  2. #bdf672

Split complementary

  1. #ab72f6
  2. #f6ed72
  3. #7bf672

Analogous

  1. #727bf6
  2. #ab72f6
  3. #ed72f6

Triadic

  1. #ab72f6
  2. #f6ab72
  3. #72f6ab

Tetradic

  1. #ab72f6
  2. #f672bd
  3. #bdf672
  4. #72f6ab

Square

  1. #ab72f6
  2. #f6727b
  3. #bdf672
  4. #72f6ed

Monochromatic

  1. #5b0cc3
  2. #802af1
  3. #ab72f6
  4. #d6bafb
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#ab72f6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab72f6
  2. #9a67dd
  3. #895bc5
  4. #7850ac
  5. #674494
  6. #56397b
  7. #442e62
  8. #33224a
  9. #221731
  10. #110b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab72f6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab72f6
  2. #b380f7
  3. #bc8ef8
  4. #c49cf9
  5. #cdaafa
  6. #d5b9fb
  7. #ddc7fb
  8. #e6d5fc
  9. #eee3fd
  10. #f7f1fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab72f6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab72f6
  2. #a773ea
  3. #a275de
  4. #9e76d3
  5. #9a78c7
  6. #9679bb
  7. #917aaf
  8. #8d7ca3
  9. #897d98
  10. #847f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b84c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3f8efa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #528ef3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9c8ca9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a84f9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f84f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a282cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab72f6 {
  color: #ab72f6;
}
Background
.bg-ab72f6 {
  background-color: #ab72f6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab72f6 {
  border: 2px solid #ab72f6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab72f6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 114 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 88% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab72f6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab72f6, #ed72f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab72f6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 114 246 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.46 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.36 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.48 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.09 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.12 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.26 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.49 #548d09 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ab72f6  rgb(171, 114, 246)  hsl(266, 88%, 71%)  Medium Purple
#bdf672  rgb(189, 246, 114)  hsl(86, 88%, 71%)  Inchworm
#f6ab72  rgb(246, 171, 114)  hsl(26, 88%, 71%)  Sandy Brown
#72f6ab  rgb(114, 246, 171)  hsl(146, 88%, 71%)  Medium Spring Green