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#AD4FFA

#ad4ffa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ad4ffa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 30.98% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.8% cyan, 68.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 272.98°, with 94.48% saturation and 64.51% 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 5.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 6.24.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2138

Complementary

  1. #ad4ffa
  2. #9cfa4f

Split complementary

  1. #ad4ffa
  2. #f2fa4f
  3. #4ffa57

Analogous

  1. #574ffa
  2. #ad4ffa
  3. #fa4ff2

Triadic

  1. #ad4ffa
  2. #faad4f
  3. #4ffaad

Tetradic

  1. #ad4ffa
  2. #fa4f9c
  3. #9cfa4f
  4. #4ffaad

Square

  1. #ad4ffa
  2. #fa574f
  3. #9cfa4f
  4. #4ff2fa

Monochromatic

  1. #6005ab
  2. #8a07f6
  3. #ad4ffa
  4. #d099fc
  5. #f2e4fe

Shades

#ad4ffa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ad4ffa
  2. #9c47e1
  3. #8a3fc8
  4. #7937af
  5. #682f96
  6. #57287d
  7. #452064
  8. #34184b
  9. #231032
  10. #110819
  11. #000000

Tints

#ad4ffa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ad4ffa
  2. #b561fb
  3. #bd72fb
  4. #c684fc
  5. #ce95fc
  6. #d6a7fd
  7. #deb9fd
  8. #e6cafe
  9. #efdcfe
  10. #f7edff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ad4ffa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ad4ffa
  2. #a954ee
  3. #a459e2
  4. #a05ed5
  5. #9b63c9
  6. #9768bd
  7. #926cb1
  8. #8e71a5
  9. #897698
  10. #857b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #946fbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0980f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f769f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #686dfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #726ff8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a569ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ad4ffa {
  color: #ad4ffa;
}
Background
.bg-ad4ffa {
  background-color: #ad4ffa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ad4ffa {
  border: 2px solid #ad4ffa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ad4ffa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 79 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 94% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ad4ffa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ad4ffa, #fa4ff2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ad4ffa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 79 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.24 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.85 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.97 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.85 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.29 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.78 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.38 #52b005 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ad4ffa  rgb(173, 79, 250)  hsl(273, 94%, 65%)  Electric Purple
#9cfa4f  rgb(156, 250, 79)  hsl(93, 94%, 65%)  Lawn Green
#faad4f  rgb(250, 173, 79)  hsl(33, 94%, 65%)  Yellow Orange
#4ffaad  rgb(79, 250, 173)  hsl(153, 94%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green