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#AF99EE

#af99ee ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#af99ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 60% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.47% cyan, 35.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 255.53°, with 71.43% saturation and 76.67% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.45.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3807

Complementary

  1. #af99ee
  2. #d8ee99

Split complementary

  1. #af99ee
  2. #eeda99
  3. #aeee99

Analogous

  1. #99aeee
  2. #af99ee
  3. #da99ee

Triadic

  1. #af99ee
  2. #eeaf99
  3. #99eeaf

Tetradic

  1. #af99ee
  2. #ee99d8
  3. #d8ee99
  4. #99eeaf

Square

  1. #af99ee
  2. #ee99ae
  3. #d8ee99
  4. #99eeda

Monochromatic

  1. #4e22cc
  2. #7c57e3
  3. #af99ee
  4. #e2dbf9
  5. #f1eefc

Shades

#af99ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af99ee
  2. #9e8ad6
  3. #8c7abe
  4. #7b6ba7
  5. #695c8f
  6. #584d77
  7. #463d5f
  8. #352e47
  9. #231f30
  10. #120f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#af99ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af99ee
  2. #b7a3f0
  3. #bfadf1
  4. #c7b8f3
  5. #cfc2f5
  6. #d7ccf7
  7. #dfd6f8
  8. #e7e0fa
  9. #efebfc
  10. #f7f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af99ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af99ee
  2. #aa97e3
  3. #a694d8
  4. #a192cd
  5. #9c8fc2
  6. #988db7
  7. #938aac
  8. #8e88a1
  9. #898596
  10. #85838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa1c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a7f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a5ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2a8b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96a1f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98a0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7a2d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af99ee {
  color: #af99ee;
}
Background
.bg-af99ee {
  background-color: #af99ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af99ee {
  border: 2px solid #af99ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af99ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 153 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 71% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af99ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af99ee, #da99ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af99ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 153 238 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.45 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.74 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.04 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.30 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.05 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.32 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.40 #506611 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#af99ee  rgb(175, 153, 238)  hsl(256, 71%, 77%)  Floral Lavender
#d8ee99  rgb(216, 238, 153)  hsl(76, 71%, 77%)  Pastel Yellow
#eeaf99  rgb(238, 175, 153)  hsl(16, 71%, 77%)  Vivid Tangerine
#99eeaf  rgb(153, 238, 175)  hsl(136, 71%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple