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#AF91EF

#af91ef ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#af91ef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 56.86% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.78% cyan, 39.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 259.15°, with 74.6% saturation and 75.29% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.49.

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Relative luminance0.356

Complementary

  1. #af91ef
  2. #d1ef91

Split complementary

  1. #af91ef
  2. #efde91
  3. #a2ef91

Analogous

  1. #91a2ef
  2. #af91ef
  3. #de91ef

Triadic

  1. #af91ef
  2. #efaf91
  3. #91efaf

Tetradic

  1. #af91ef
  2. #ef91d1
  3. #d1ef91
  4. #91efaf

Square

  1. #af91ef
  2. #ef91a2
  3. #d1ef91
  4. #91efde

Monochromatic

  1. #541dca
  2. #7e4ee5
  3. #af91ef
  4. #e0d4f9
  5. #f2edfc

Shades

#af91ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af91ef
  2. #9e83d7
  3. #8c74bf
  4. #7b66a7
  5. #69578f
  6. #584978
  7. #463a60
  8. #352c48
  9. #231d30
  10. #120f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#af91ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af91ef
  2. #b79cf1
  3. #bfa7f2
  4. #c7b2f4
  5. #cfbdf5
  6. #d7c8f7
  7. #dfd3f9
  8. #e7defa
  9. #efe9fc
  10. #f7f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af91ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af91ef
  2. #aa8fe4
  3. #a68ed9
  4. #a18cce
  5. #9c8ac3
  6. #9889b8
  7. #9387ac
  8. #8e85a1
  9. #898396
  10. #85828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a79bc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a1f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7da0ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2a1b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #919bf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #949aee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a79bcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af91ef {
  color: #af91ef;
}
Background
.bg-af91ef {
  background-color: #af91ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af91ef {
  border: 2px solid #af91ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af91ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 145 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 75% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af91ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af91ef, #de91ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af91ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 145 239 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.49 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.52 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.11 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.99 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.31 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.34 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.16 #506e10 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#af91ef  rgb(175, 145, 239)  hsl(259, 75%, 75%)  Floral Lavender
#d1ef91  rgb(209, 239, 145)  hsl(79, 75%, 75%)  Inchworm
#efaf91  rgb(239, 175, 145)  hsl(19, 75%, 75%)  Tumbleweed
#91efaf  rgb(145, 239, 175)  hsl(139, 75%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple