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#AF97EE

#af97ee ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#af97ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 59.22% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.47% cyan, 36.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 256.55°, with 71.9% saturation and 76.27% 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 8.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 7.91.

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Relative luminance0.3742

Complementary

  1. #af97ee
  2. #d6ee97

Split complementary

  1. #af97ee
  2. #eeda97
  3. #aaee97

Analogous

  1. #97aaee
  2. #af97ee
  3. #da97ee

Triadic

  1. #af97ee
  2. #eeaf97
  3. #97eeaf

Tetradic

  1. #af97ee
  2. #ee97d6
  3. #d6ee97
  4. #97eeaf

Square

  1. #af97ee
  2. #ee97aa
  3. #d6ee97
  4. #97eeda

Monochromatic

  1. #5021cb
  2. #7c55e3
  3. #af97ee
  4. #e2d9f9
  5. #f2edfc

Shades

#af97ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af97ee
  2. #9e88d6
  3. #8c79be
  4. #7b6aa7
  5. #695b8f
  6. #584c77
  7. #463c5f
  8. #352d47
  9. #231e30
  10. #120f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#af97ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af97ee
  2. #b7a1f0
  3. #bfacf1
  4. #c7b6f3
  5. #cfc1f5
  6. #d7cbf7
  7. #dfd5f8
  8. #e7e0fa
  9. #efeafc
  10. #f7f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af97ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af97ee
  2. #aa95e3
  3. #a692d8
  4. #a190cd
  5. #9c8ec2
  6. #988cb7
  7. #9389ac
  8. #8e87a1
  9. #898596
  10. #85828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a99fc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a3ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2a6b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95a0f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #979fed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7a0d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af97ee {
  color: #af97ee;
}
Background
.bg-af97ee {
  background-color: #af97ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af97ee {
  border: 2px solid #af97ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af97ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 151 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 72% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af97ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af97ee, #da97ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af97ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 151 238 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.91 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.84 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.22 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.75 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.55 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.01 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.41 #506811 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#af97ee  rgb(175, 151, 238)  hsl(257, 72%, 76%)  Floral Lavender
#d6ee97  rgb(214, 238, 151)  hsl(77, 72%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow
#eeaf97  rgb(238, 175, 151)  hsl(17, 72%, 76%)  Tumbleweed
#97eeaf  rgb(151, 238, 175)  hsl(137, 72%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple