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#AF18EC

#af18ec ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#af18ec is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 9.41% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.85% cyan, 89.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 282.74°, with 84.8% saturation and 50.98% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.47.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1582

Complementary

  1. #af18ec
  2. #55ec18

Split complementary

  1. #af18ec
  2. #bfec18
  3. #18ec45

Analogous

  1. #4518ec
  2. #af18ec
  3. #ec18bf

Triadic

  1. #af18ec
  2. #ecaf18
  3. #18ecaf

Tetradic

  1. #af18ec
  2. #ec1855
  3. #55ec18
  4. #18ecaf

Square

  1. #af18ec
  2. #ec4518
  3. #55ec18
  4. #18bfec

Monochromatic

  1. #490863
  2. #7d0eaa
  3. #af18ec
  4. #c75ff2
  5. #e0a5f8

Shades

#af18ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af18ec
  2. #9e16d4
  3. #8c13bd
  4. #7b11a5
  5. #690e8e
  6. #580c76
  7. #460a5e
  8. #350747
  9. #23052f
  10. #120218
  11. #000000

Tints

#af18ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af18ec
  2. #b72fee
  3. #bf46f0
  4. #c75df2
  5. #cf74f4
  6. #d78cf6
  7. #dfa3f7
  8. #e7baf9
  9. #efd1fb
  10. #f7e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af18ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af18ec
  2. #aa22e1
  3. #a62dd6
  4. #a137cc
  5. #9c42c1
  6. #984cb6
  7. #9356ab
  8. #8e61a0
  9. #896b96
  10. #85768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d58af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0068f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7588c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f53ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e5aea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa47ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af18ec {
  color: #af18ec;
}
Background
.bg-af18ec {
  background-color: #af18ec;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-af18ec {
  border: 2px solid #af18ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af18ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 24 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 283 85% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af18ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af18ec, #ec18bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af18ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 24 236 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.47 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.80 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.96 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.94 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.07 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.69 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.75 #50e713 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#af18ec  rgb(175, 24, 236)  hsl(283, 85%, 51%)  Electric Purple
#55ec18  rgb(85, 236, 24)  hsl(103, 85%, 51%)  Harlequin
#ecaf18  rgb(236, 175, 24)  hsl(43, 85%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#18ecaf  rgb(24, 236, 175)  hsl(163, 85%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green