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#AB74ED

#ab74ed ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ab74ed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 45.49% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.85% cyan, 51.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 267.27°, with 77.07% saturation and 69.22% 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 6.45:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.98.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2726

Complementary

  1. #ab74ed
  2. #b6ed74

Split complementary

  1. #ab74ed
  2. #ede774
  3. #7aed74

Analogous

  1. #747aed
  2. #ab74ed
  3. #e774ed

Triadic

  1. #ab74ed
  2. #edab74
  3. #74edab

Tetradic

  1. #ab74ed
  2. #ed74b6
  3. #b6ed74
  4. #74edab

Square

  1. #ab74ed
  2. #ed747a
  3. #b6ed74
  4. #74ede7

Monochromatic

  1. #5d17b1
  2. #8230e4
  3. #ab74ed
  4. #d4b8f6
  5. #f4edfd

Shades

#ab74ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab74ed
  2. #9a68d5
  3. #895dbe
  4. #7851a6
  5. #67468e
  6. #563a77
  7. #442e5f
  8. #332347
  9. #22172f
  10. #110c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab74ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab74ed
  2. #b382ef
  3. #bc90f1
  4. #c49ef2
  5. #cdacf4
  6. #d5baf6
  7. #ddc7f8
  8. #e6d5fa
  9. #eee3fb
  10. #f7f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab74ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab74ed
  2. #a775e2
  3. #a276d7
  4. #9e78cc
  5. #9a79c1
  6. #967ab7
  7. #917bac
  8. #8d7ca1
  9. #897e96
  10. #847f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b85bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4c8df1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c8eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f8aa6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d84f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8385eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a482c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab74ed {
  color: #ab74ed;
}
Background
.bg-ab74ed {
  background-color: #ab74ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab74ed {
  border: 2px solid #ab74ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab74ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 116 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 77% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab74ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab74ed, #e774ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab74ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 116 237 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.98 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.06 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.75 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.82 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.96 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.57 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.20 #548b12 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ab74ed  rgb(171, 116, 237)  hsl(267, 77%, 69%)  Medium Purple
#b6ed74  rgb(182, 237, 116)  hsl(87, 77%, 69%)  Inchworm
#edab74  rgb(237, 171, 116)  hsl(27, 77%, 69%)  Fawn
#74edab  rgb(116, 237, 171)  hsl(147, 77%, 69%)  Medium Spring Green