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#AF70FE

#af70fe ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#af70fe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 43.92% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.1% cyan, 55.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 266.62°, with 98.61% saturation and 71.76% 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 6.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.54.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2786

Complementary

  1. #af70fe
  2. #bffe70

Split complementary

  1. #af70fe
  2. #fef670
  3. #78fe70

Analogous

  1. #7078fe
  2. #af70fe
  3. #f670fe

Triadic

  1. #af70fe
  2. #feaf70
  3. #70feaf

Tetradic

  1. #af70fe
  2. #fe70bf
  3. #bffe70
  4. #70feaf

Square

  1. #af70fe
  2. #fe7078
  3. #bffe70
  4. #70fef6

Monochromatic

  1. #5f01d3
  2. #8424fd
  3. #af70fe
  4. #d9bcff
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#af70fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af70fe
  2. #9e65e5
  3. #8c5acb
  4. #7b4eb2
  5. #694398
  6. #58387f
  7. #462d66
  8. #35224c
  9. #231633
  10. #120b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#af70fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af70fe
  2. #b77efe
  3. #bf8dfe
  4. #c79bfe
  5. #cfa9fe
  6. #d7b8ff
  7. #dfc6ff
  8. #e7d4ff
  9. #efe2ff
  10. #f7f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af70fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af70fe
  2. #aa72f1
  3. #a673e5
  4. #a175d8
  5. #9c76cc
  6. #9878bf
  7. #937ab2
  8. #8e7ba6
  9. #897d99
  10. #857e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d84c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #338fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b8ffb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f8cad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7984ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8084fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a682d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af70fe {
  color: #af70fe;
}
Background
.bg-af70fe {
  background-color: #af70fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af70fe {
  border: 2px solid #af70fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af70fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 112 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 99% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af70fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af70fe, #f670fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af70fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 112 254 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.54 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.13 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.40 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.62 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.46 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.61 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.95 #508f01 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#af70fe  rgb(175, 112, 254)  hsl(267, 99%, 72%)  Medium Purple
#bffe70  rgb(191, 254, 112)  hsl(87, 99%, 72%)  Inchworm
#feaf70  rgb(254, 175, 112)  hsl(27, 99%, 72%)  Sandy Brown
#70feaf  rgb(112, 254, 175)  hsl(147, 99%, 72%)  Medium Spring Green