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#AF73BC

#af73bc ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#af73bc is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 45.1% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.91% cyan, 38.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 289.32°, with 35.27% saturation and 59.41% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 6.05.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2501

Complementary

  1. #af73bc
  2. #80bc73

Split complementary

  1. #af73bc
  2. #a4bc73
  3. #73bc8a

Analogous

  1. #8a73bc
  2. #af73bc
  3. #bc73a4

Triadic

  1. #af73bc
  2. #bcaf73
  3. #73bcaf

Tetradic

  1. #af73bc
  2. #bc7380
  3. #80bc73
  4. #73bcaf

Square

  1. #af73bc
  2. #bc8a73
  3. #80bc73
  4. #73a4bc

Monochromatic

  1. #5c3165
  2. #8b4999
  3. #af73bc
  4. #cda7d5
  5. #eadaee

Shades

#af73bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af73bc
  2. #9e68a9
  3. #8c5c96
  4. #7b5184
  5. #694571
  6. #583a5e
  7. #462e4b
  8. #352338
  9. #231726
  10. #120c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#af73bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af73bc
  2. #b781c3
  3. #bf8fc9
  4. #c79dd0
  5. #cfabd7
  6. #d7b9de
  7. #dfc7e4
  8. #e7d5eb
  9. #efe3f2
  10. #f7f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af73bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af73bc
  2. #aa74b6
  3. #a676b0
  4. #a177aa
  5. #9c78a4
  6. #987a9e
  7. #937b98
  8. #8e7c92
  9. #897d8c
  10. #857f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a81a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a85bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #798bba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b07c8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8b7ebe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9282bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b078a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af73bc {
  color: #af73bc;
}
Background
.bg-af73bc {
  background-color: #af73bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af73bc {
  border: 2px solid #af73bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af73bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 115 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 289 35% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af73bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af73bc, #bc73a4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af73bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 115 188 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.05 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.27 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.08 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.14 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 8.40 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.52 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.14 #508c43 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#af73bc  rgb(175, 115, 188)  hsl(289, 35%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#80bc73  rgb(128, 188, 115)  hsl(109, 35%, 59%)  Mantis
#bcaf73  rgb(188, 175, 115)  hsl(49, 35%, 59%)  Ecru
#73bcaf  rgb(115, 188, 175)  hsl(169, 35%, 59%)  Verdigris