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#AB72FF

#ab72ff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab72ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.94% cyan, 55.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 264.26°, with 100% saturation and 72.35% 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 6.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.24.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2791

Complementary

  1. #ab72ff
  2. #c6ff72

Split complementary

  1. #ab72ff
  2. #fff272
  3. #7fff72

Analogous

  1. #727fff
  2. #ab72ff
  3. #f272ff

Triadic

  1. #ab72ff
  2. #ffab72
  3. #72ffab

Tetradic

  1. #ab72ff
  2. #ff72c6
  3. #c6ff72
  4. #72ffab

Square

  1. #ab72ff
  2. #ff727f
  3. #c6ff72
  4. #72fff2

Monochromatic

  1. #5700d8
  2. #7d25ff
  3. #ab72ff
  4. #d9beff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#ab72ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab72ff
  2. #9a67e6
  3. #895bcc
  4. #7850b3
  5. #674499
  6. #563980
  7. #442e66
  8. #33224d
  9. #221733
  10. #110b1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab72ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab72ff
  2. #b380ff
  3. #bc8eff
  4. #c49cff
  5. #cdaaff
  6. #d5b9ff
  7. #ddc7ff
  8. #e6d5ff
  9. #eee3ff
  10. #f7f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab72ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab72ff
  2. #a773f2
  3. #a275e6
  4. #9e76d9
  5. #9a78cc
  6. #9679c0
  7. #917ab3
  8. #8d7ca6
  9. #897d99
  10. #847f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c85c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3490ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #498ffc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #998eae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7785ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c84fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a184d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab72ff {
  color: #ab72ff;
}
Background
.bg-ab72ff {
  background-color: #ab72ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab72ff {
  border: 2px solid #ab72ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab72ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 114 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 100% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab72ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab72ff, #f272ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab72ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 114 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.24 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.40 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.54 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.06 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.32 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.16 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.61 #548d00 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ab72ff  rgb(171, 114, 255)  hsl(264, 100%, 72%)  Medium Purple
#c6ff72  rgb(198, 255, 114)  hsl(84, 100%, 72%)  Inchworm
#ffab72  rgb(255, 171, 114)  hsl(24, 100%, 72%)  Sandy Brown
#72ffab  rgb(114, 255, 171)  hsl(144, 100%, 72%)  Medium Spring Green