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#AF47E6

#af47e6 ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#af47e6 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 27.84% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.91% cyan, 69.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 279.25°, with 76.08% saturation and 59.02% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.1.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1933

Complementary

  1. #af47e6
  2. #7ee647

Split complementary

  1. #af47e6
  2. #cde647
  3. #47e660

Analogous

  1. #6047e6
  2. #af47e6
  3. #e647cd

Triadic

  1. #af47e6
  2. #e6af47
  3. #47e6af

Tetradic

  1. #af47e6
  2. #e6477e
  3. #7ee647
  4. #47e6af

Square

  1. #af47e6
  2. #e66047
  3. #7ee647
  4. #47cde6

Monochromatic

  1. #5b1282
  2. #8b1bc6
  3. #af47e6
  4. #cc8aef
  5. #eacef8

Shades

#af47e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af47e6
  2. #9e40cf
  3. #8c39b8
  4. #7b32a1
  5. #692b8a
  6. #582473
  7. #461c5c
  8. #351545
  9. #230e2e
  10. #120717
  11. #000000

Tints

#af47e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af47e6
  2. #b759e9
  3. #bf6ceb
  4. #c77eee
  5. #cf91f0
  6. #d7a3f3
  7. #dfb5f5
  8. #e7c8f8
  9. #efdafa
  10. #f7edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af47e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af47e6
  2. #aa4ddc
  3. #a652d2
  4. #a158c7
  5. #9c5ebd
  6. #9864b3
  7. #9369a9
  8. #8e6f9f
  9. #897594
  10. #857a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9269b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0075eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #327ce2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86992 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d65e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #796ae4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab5dba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af47e6 {
  color: #af47e6;
}
Background
.bg-af47e6 {
  background-color: #af47e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af47e6 {
  border: 2px solid #af47e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af47e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 71 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 76% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af47e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af47e6, #e647cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af47e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 71 230 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.10 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.11 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.56 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.61 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.16 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.97 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.38 #50b819 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#af47e6  rgb(175, 71, 230)  hsl(279, 76%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#7ee647  rgb(126, 230, 71)  hsl(99, 76%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#e6af47  rgb(230, 175, 71)  hsl(39, 76%, 59%)  Goldenrod
#47e6af  rgb(71, 230, 175)  hsl(159, 76%, 59%)  Caribbean Green