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#AF40EF

#af40ef ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#af40ef is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 25.1% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.78% cyan, 73.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 278.06°, with 84.54% saturation and 59.41% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.93.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1901

Complementary

  1. #af40ef
  2. #80ef40

Split complementary

  1. #af40ef
  2. #d7ef40
  3. #40ef58

Analogous

  1. #5840ef
  2. #af40ef
  3. #ef40d7

Triadic

  1. #af40ef
  2. #efaf40
  3. #40efaf

Tetradic

  1. #af40ef
  2. #ef4080
  3. #80ef40
  4. #40efaf

Square

  1. #af40ef
  2. #ef5840
  3. #80ef40
  4. #40d7ef

Monochromatic

  1. #5c0c8a
  2. #8b12d1
  3. #af40ef
  4. #cd87f5
  5. #eacdfb

Shades

#af40ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af40ef
  2. #9e3ad7
  3. #8c33bf
  4. #7b2da7
  5. #69268f
  6. #582078
  7. #461a60
  8. #351348
  9. #230d30
  10. #120618
  11. #000000

Tints

#af40ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af40ef
  2. #b753f1
  3. #bf66f2
  4. #c779f4
  5. #cf8cf5
  6. #d7a0f7
  7. #dfb3f9
  8. #e7c6fa
  9. #efd9fc
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af40ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af40ef
  2. #aa46e4
  3. #a64dd9
  4. #a153ce
  5. #9c5ac3
  6. #9860b8
  7. #9366ac
  8. #8e6da1
  9. #897396
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9267b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074f4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0f7aeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a66995 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6763f2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7468ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa5bc0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af40ef {
  color: #af40ef;
}
Background
.bg-af40ef {
  background-color: #af40ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af40ef {
  border: 2px solid #af40ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af40ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 64 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 85% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af40ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af40ef, #ef40d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af40ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 64 239 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.93 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.50 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.94 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.44 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.66 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.76 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.15 #50bf10 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#af40ef  rgb(175, 64, 239)  hsl(278, 85%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#80ef40  rgb(128, 239, 64)  hsl(98, 85%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#efaf40  rgb(239, 175, 64)  hsl(38, 85%, 59%)  Pastel Orange
#40efaf  rgb(64, 239, 175)  hsl(158, 85%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green