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#AF48DE

#af48de ≈ Medium Orchid

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#af48de is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 28.24% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.17% cyan, 67.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 281.2°, with 69.44% saturation and 57.65% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.42.

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Web safe#9933cc
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Relative luminance0.1902

Complementary

  1. #af48de
  2. #77de48

Split complementary

  1. #af48de
  2. #c2de48
  3. #48de64

Analogous

  1. #6448de
  2. #af48de
  3. #de48c2

Triadic

  1. #af48de
  2. #deaf48
  3. #48deaf

Tetradic

  1. #af48de
  2. #de4877
  3. #77de48
  4. #48deaf

Square

  1. #af48de
  2. #de6448
  3. #77de48
  4. #48c2de

Monochromatic

  1. #591677
  2. #8921b8
  3. #af48de
  4. #cb89ea
  5. #e8caf5

Shades

#af48de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af48de
  2. #9e41c8
  3. #8c3ab2
  4. #7b329b
  5. #692b85
  6. #58246f
  7. #461d59
  8. #351643
  9. #230e2c
  10. #120716
  11. #000000

Tints

#af48de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af48de
  2. #b75ae1
  3. #bf6de5
  4. #c77fe8
  5. #cf91eb
  6. #d7a4ef
  7. #dfb6f2
  8. #e7c8f5
  9. #efdaf8
  10. #f7edfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af48de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af48de
  2. #aa4ed5
  3. #a653cb
  4. #a159c2
  5. #9c5eb8
  6. #9864af
  7. #936aa6
  8. #8e6f9c
  9. #897593
  10. #857a89
  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 #9269ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3d7bdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa678e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7065e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b6adc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac5cb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af48de {
  color: #af48de;
}
Background
.bg-af48de {
  background-color: #af48de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af48de {
  border: 2px solid #af48de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af48de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 72 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 69% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af48de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af48de, #de48c2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af48de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 72 222 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.42 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.71 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.18 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.28 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 7.93 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.66 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.52 #50b721 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#af48de  rgb(175, 72, 222)  hsl(281, 69%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#77de48  rgb(119, 222, 72)  hsl(101, 69%, 58%)  Pastel Green
#deaf48  rgb(222, 175, 72)  hsl(41, 69%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#48deaf  rgb(72, 222, 175)  hsl(161, 69%, 58%)  Caribbean Green