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#AF45DE

#af45de ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#af45de is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 27.06% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.17% cyan, 68.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 281.57°, with 69.86% saturation and 57.06% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.82.

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Web safe#9933cc
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Relative luminance0.1864

Complementary

  1. #af45de
  2. #74de45

Split complementary

  1. #af45de
  2. #c0de45
  3. #45de63

Analogous

  1. #6345de
  2. #af45de
  3. #de45c0

Triadic

  1. #af45de
  2. #deaf45
  3. #45deaf

Tetradic

  1. #af45de
  2. #de4574
  3. #74de45
  4. #45deaf

Square

  1. #af45de
  2. #de6345
  3. #74de45
  4. #45c0de

Monochromatic

  1. #581575
  2. #8820b6
  3. #af45de
  4. #cb86ea
  5. #e7c7f5

Shades

#af45de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af45de
  2. #9e3ec8
  3. #8c37b2
  4. #7b309b
  5. #692985
  6. #58236f
  7. #461c59
  8. #351543
  9. #230e2c
  10. #120716
  11. #000000

Tints

#af45de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af45de
  2. #b758e1
  3. #bf6ae5
  4. #c77de8
  5. #cf8feb
  6. #d7a2ef
  7. #dfb5f2
  8. #e7c7f5
  9. #efdaf8
  10. #f7ecfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af45de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af45de
  2. #aa4bd5
  3. #a651cb
  4. #a157c2
  5. #9c5db8
  6. #9863af
  7. #9368a6
  8. #8e6e9c
  9. #897493
  10. #857a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9167aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a7adb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa658d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f63e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b69dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac5ab3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af45de {
  color: #af45de;
}
Background
.bg-af45de {
  background-color: #af45de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af45de {
  border: 2px solid #af45de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af45de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 69 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 70% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af45de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af45de, #de45c0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af45de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 69 222 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.82 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.38 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.72 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.69 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 7.88 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.22 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.10 #50ba21 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#af45de  rgb(175, 69, 222)  hsl(282, 70%, 57%)  Medium Orchid
#74de45  rgb(116, 222, 69)  hsl(102, 70%, 57%)  Lime Green
#deaf45  rgb(222, 175, 69)  hsl(42, 70%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#45deaf  rgb(69, 222, 175)  hsl(162, 70%, 57%)  Caribbean Green