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#AC99EF

#ac99ef ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ac99ef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 60% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.03% cyan, 35.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 253.26°, with 72.88% saturation and 76.86% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.91.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3779

Complementary

  1. #ac99ef
  2. #dcef99

Split complementary

  1. #ac99ef
  2. #efd799
  3. #b1ef99

Analogous

  1. #99b1ef
  2. #ac99ef
  3. #d799ef

Triadic

  1. #ac99ef
  2. #efac99
  3. #99efac

Tetradic

  1. #ac99ef
  2. #ef99dc
  3. #dcef99
  4. #99efac

Square

  1. #ac99ef
  2. #ef99b1
  3. #dcef99
  4. #99efd7

Monochromatic

  1. #4720cf
  2. #7657e5
  3. #ac99ef
  4. #e2dbf9
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#ac99ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac99ef
  2. #9b8ad7
  3. #8a7abf
  4. #786ba7
  5. #675c8f
  6. #564d78
  7. #453d60
  8. #342e48
  9. #221f30
  10. #110f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac99ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac99ef
  2. #b4a3f1
  3. #bdadf2
  4. #c5b8f4
  5. #cdc2f5
  6. #d6ccf7
  7. #ded6f9
  8. #e6e0fa
  9. #eeebfc
  10. #f7f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac99ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac99ef
  2. #a897e4
  3. #a394d9
  4. #9f92ce
  5. #9a8fc3
  6. #968db8
  7. #928aac
  8. #8d88a1
  9. #898596
  10. #84838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a1c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a6f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a4ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9da8b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94a1f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95a0ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3a2d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac99ef {
  color: #ac99ef;
}
Background
.bg-ac99ef {
  background-color: #ac99ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac99ef {
  border: 2px solid #ac99ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac99ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 153 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 73% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac99ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac99ef, #d799ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac99ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 153 239 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.91 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.47 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.05 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.67 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.94 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.51 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 13.12 #536610 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#ac99ef  rgb(172, 153, 239)  hsl(253, 73%, 77%)  Floral Lavender
#dcef99  rgb(220, 239, 153)  hsl(73, 73%, 77%)  Pastel Yellow
#efac99  rgb(239, 172, 153)  hsl(13, 73%, 77%)  Vivid Tangerine
#99efac  rgb(153, 239, 172)  hsl(133, 73%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple