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#AC73FF

#ac73ff ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ac73ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 45.1% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.55% cyan, 54.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 264.43°, with 100% saturation and 72.55% 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 6.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.36.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2825

Complementary

  1. #ac73ff
  2. #c6ff73

Split complementary

  1. #ac73ff
  2. #fff273
  3. #80ff73

Analogous

  1. #7380ff
  2. #ac73ff
  3. #f273ff

Triadic

  1. #ac73ff
  2. #ffac73
  3. #73ffac

Tetradic

  1. #ac73ff
  2. #ff73c6
  3. #c6ff73
  4. #73ffac

Square

  1. #ac73ff
  2. #ff7380
  3. #c6ff73
  4. #73fff2

Monochromatic

  1. #5800d9
  2. #7f27ff
  3. #ac73ff
  4. #d9c0ff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#ac73ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac73ff
  2. #9b68e6
  3. #8a5ccc
  4. #7851b3
  5. #674599
  6. #563a80
  7. #452e66
  8. #34234d
  9. #221733
  10. #110c1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac73ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac73ff
  2. #b481ff
  3. #bd8fff
  4. #c59dff
  5. #cdabff
  6. #d6b9ff
  7. #dec7ff
  8. #e6d5ff
  9. #eee3ff
  10. #f7f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac73ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac73ff
  2. #a874f2
  3. #a376e6
  4. #9f77d9
  5. #9a78cc
  6. #967ac0
  7. #927bb3
  8. #8d7ca6
  9. #897d99
  10. #847f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c86c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3791ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b90fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b8fae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7886ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e85fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a285d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac73ff {
  color: #ac73ff;
}
Background
.bg-ac73ff {
  background-color: #ac73ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac73ff {
  border: 2px solid #ac73ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac73ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 115 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 100% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac73ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac73ff, #f273ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac73ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 115 255 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.36 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.21 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.67 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.12 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.30 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.25 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 12.50 #538c00 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ac73ff  rgb(172, 115, 255)  hsl(264, 100%, 73%)  Medium Purple
#c6ff73  rgb(198, 255, 115)  hsl(84, 100%, 73%)  Inchworm
#ffac73  rgb(255, 172, 115)  hsl(24, 100%, 73%)  Sandy Brown
#73ffac  rgb(115, 255, 172)  hsl(144, 100%, 73%)  Medium Spring Green