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#AF72FA

#af72fa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#af72fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 44.71% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30% cyan, 54.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 266.91°, with 93.15% saturation and 71.37% 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 6.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.26.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2805

Complementary

  1. #af72fa
  2. #bdfa72

Split complementary

  1. #af72fa
  2. #faf372
  3. #79fa72

Analogous

  1. #7279fa
  2. #af72fa
  3. #f372fa

Triadic

  1. #af72fa
  2. #faaf72
  3. #72faaf

Tetradic

  1. #af72fa
  2. #fa72bd
  3. #bdfa72
  4. #72faaf

Square

  1. #af72fa
  2. #fa7279
  3. #bdfa72
  4. #72faf3

Monochromatic

  1. #5f07cc
  2. #8528f7
  3. #af72fa
  4. #d9bcfd
  5. #f4ebfe

Shades

#af72fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af72fa
  2. #9e67e1
  3. #8c5bc8
  4. #7b50af
  5. #694496
  6. #58397d
  7. #462e64
  8. #35224b
  9. #231732
  10. #120b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#af72fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af72fa
  2. #b780fb
  3. #bf8efb
  4. #c79cfc
  5. #cfaafc
  6. #d7b9fd
  7. #dfc7fd
  8. #e7d5fe
  9. #efe3fe
  10. #f7f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af72fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af72fa
  2. #aa73ee
  3. #a675e2
  4. #a176d5
  5. #9c78c9
  6. #9879bd
  7. #937ab1
  8. #8e7ca5
  9. #897d98
  10. #857f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e85c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3d8fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5290f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a18cab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b85fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8285f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a783d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af72fa {
  color: #af72fa;
}
Background
.bg-af72fa {
  background-color: #af72fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af72fa {
  border: 2px solid #af72fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af72fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 114 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af72fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af72fa, #f372fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af72fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 114 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.26 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.45 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.13 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.44 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.36 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.76 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.57 #508d05 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#af72fa  rgb(175, 114, 250)  hsl(267, 93%, 71%)  Medium Purple
#bdfa72  rgb(189, 250, 114)  hsl(87, 93%, 71%)  Inchworm
#faaf72  rgb(250, 175, 114)  hsl(27, 93%, 71%)  Sandy Brown
#72faaf  rgb(114, 250, 175)  hsl(147, 93%, 71%)  Medium Spring Green