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#AF72CA

#af72ca ≈ Floral Lavender

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#af72ca is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 44.71% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.37% cyan, 43.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 281.59°, with 45.36% saturation and 61.96% 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 6.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.16.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2541

Complementary

  1. #af72ca
  2. #8dca72

Split complementary

  1. #af72ca
  2. #b9ca72
  3. #72ca83

Analogous

  1. #8372ca
  2. #af72ca
  3. #ca72b9

Triadic

  1. #af72ca
  2. #caaf72
  3. #72caaf

Tetradic

  1. #af72ca
  2. #ca728d
  3. #8dca72
  4. #72caaf

Square

  1. #af72ca
  2. #ca8372
  3. #8dca72
  4. #72b9ca

Monochromatic

  1. #602d76
  2. #8d41ae
  3. #af72ca
  4. #cfaadf
  5. #eee1f4

Shades

#af72ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af72ca
  2. #9e67b6
  3. #8c5ba2
  4. #7b508d
  5. #694479
  6. #583965
  7. #462e51
  8. #35223d
  9. #231728
  10. #120b14
  11. #000000

Tints

#af72ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af72ca
  2. #b780cf
  3. #bf8ed5
  4. #c79cda
  5. #cfaadf
  6. #d7b9e5
  7. #dfc7ea
  8. #e7d5ef
  9. #efe3f4
  10. #f7f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af72ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af72ca
  2. #aa73c3
  3. #a675bb
  4. #a176b4
  5. #9c78ac
  6. #9879a5
  7. #937a9e
  8. #8e7c96
  9. #897d8f
  10. #857f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a81a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6286cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #728cc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ad7e94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #887fcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e82c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae7aac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af72ca {
  color: #af72ca;
}
Background
.bg-af72ca {
  background-color: #af72ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af72ca {
  border: 2px solid #af72ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af72ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 114 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af72ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af72ca, #ca72b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af72ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 114 202 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.16 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.17 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.52 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.97 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.76 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.90 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.09 #508d35 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#af72ca  rgb(175, 114, 202)  hsl(282, 45%, 62%)  Floral Lavender
#8dca72  rgb(141, 202, 114)  hsl(102, 45%, 62%)  Pistachio
#caaf72  rgb(202, 175, 114)  hsl(42, 45%, 62%)  Ecru
#72caaf  rgb(114, 202, 175)  hsl(162, 45%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine