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#AF23EC

#af23ec ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#af23ec is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 13.73% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.85% cyan, 85.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 281.79°, with 84.1% saturation and 53.14% 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 4.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.13.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1637

Complementary

  1. #af23ec
  2. #60ec23

Split complementary

  1. #af23ec
  2. #c5ec23
  3. #23ec4b

Analogous

  1. #4b23ec
  2. #af23ec
  3. #ec23c5

Triadic

  1. #af23ec
  2. #ecaf23
  3. #23ecaf

Tetradic

  1. #af23ec
  2. #ec2360
  3. #60ec23
  4. #23ecaf

Square

  1. #af23ec
  2. #ec4b23
  3. #60ec23
  4. #23c5ec

Monochromatic

  1. #4f096d
  2. #810fb3
  3. #af23ec
  4. #c969f2
  5. #e2b0f8

Shades

#af23ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af23ec
  2. #9e20d4
  3. #8c1cbd
  4. #7b19a5
  5. #69158e
  6. #581276
  7. #460e5e
  8. #350b47
  9. #23072f
  10. #120418
  11. #000000

Tints

#af23ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af23ec
  2. #b739ee
  3. #bf4ff0
  4. #c765f2
  5. #cf7bf4
  6. #d791f6
  7. #dfa7f7
  8. #e7bdf9
  9. #efd3fb
  10. #f7e9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af23ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af23ec
  2. #aa2ce1
  3. #a636d6
  4. #a13fcc
  5. #9c48c1
  6. #9852b6
  7. #935bab
  8. #8e64a0
  9. #896d96
  10. #85778b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e5bb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006af1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a75c8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6056ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f5dea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa4bbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af23ec {
  color: #af23ec;
}
Background
.bg-af23ec {
  background-color: #af23ec;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-af23ec {
  border: 2px solid #af23ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af23ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 35 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af23ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af23ec, #ec23c5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af23ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 35 236 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.13 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.23 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.16 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.27 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.53 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 7.33 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.02 #50dc13 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#af23ec  rgb(175, 35, 236)  hsl(282, 84%, 53%)  Electric Purple
#60ec23  rgb(96, 236, 35)  hsl(102, 84%, 53%)  Harlequin
#ecaf23  rgb(236, 175, 35)  hsl(42, 84%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#23ecaf  rgb(35, 236, 175)  hsl(162, 84%, 53%)  Medium Spring Green