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#AF59EA

#af59ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#af59ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.21% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 275.59°, with 77.54% saturation and 63.33% 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 5.44:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.65.

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Relative luminance0.222

Complementary

  1. #af59ea
  2. #94ea59

Split complementary

  1. #af59ea
  2. #dcea59
  3. #59ea66

Analogous

  1. #6659ea
  2. #af59ea
  3. #ea59dc

Triadic

  1. #af59ea
  2. #eaaf59
  3. #59eaaf

Tetradic

  1. #af59ea
  2. #ea5994
  3. #94ea59
  4. #59eaaf

Square

  1. #af59ea
  2. #ea6659
  3. #94ea59
  4. #59dcea

Monochromatic

  1. #611397
  2. #8d1cdb
  3. #af59ea
  4. #d09df3
  5. #f0e1fb

Shades

#af59ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af59ea
  2. #9e50d3
  3. #8c47bb
  4. #7b3ea4
  5. #69358c
  6. #582d75
  7. #46245e
  8. #351b46
  9. #23122f
  10. #120917
  11. #000000

Tints

#af59ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af59ea
  2. #b76aec
  3. #bf7aee
  4. #c78bf0
  5. #cf9bf2
  6. #d7acf5
  7. #dfbdf7
  8. #e7cdf9
  9. #efdefb
  10. #f7eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af59ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af59ea
  2. #aa5ddf
  3. #a661d5
  4. #a165ca
  5. #9c69c0
  6. #986db5
  7. #9370aa
  8. #8e74a0
  9. #897895
  10. #857c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9674b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #067eef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4383e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6769a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7371ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d74e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa6bbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af59ea {
  color: #af59ea;
}
Background
.bg-af59ea {
  background-color: #af59ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af59ea {
  border: 2px solid #af59ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af59ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af59ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af59ea, #ea59dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af59ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.65 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.94 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.43 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.97 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.56 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.09 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.58 #50a615 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#af59ea  rgb(175, 89, 234)  hsl(276, 78%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#94ea59  rgb(148, 234, 89)  hsl(96, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eaaf59  rgb(234, 175, 89)  hsl(36, 78%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#59eaaf  rgb(89, 234, 175)  hsl(156, 78%, 63%)  Aquamarine