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#AB28FA

#ab28fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ab28fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 15.69% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.6% cyan, 84% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 277.43°, with 95.45% saturation and 56.86% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1708

Complementary

  1. #ab28fa
  2. #77fa28

Split complementary

  1. #ab28fa
  2. #e0fa28
  3. #28fa42

Analogous

  1. #4228fa
  2. #ab28fa
  3. #fa28e0

Triadic

  1. #ab28fa
  2. #faab28
  3. #28faab

Tetradic

  1. #ab28fa
  2. #fa2877
  3. #77fa28
  4. #28faab

Square

  1. #ab28fa
  2. #fa4228
  3. #77fa28
  4. #28e0fa

Monochromatic

  1. #550386
  2. #8405d1
  3. #ab28fa
  4. #c873fc
  5. #e5befd

Shades

#ab28fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab28fa
  2. #9a24e1
  3. #8920c8
  4. #781caf
  5. #671896
  6. #56147d
  7. #441064
  8. #330c4b
  9. #220832
  10. #110419
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab28fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab28fa
  2. #b33efb
  3. #bc53fb
  4. #c469fc
  5. #cd7efc
  6. #d594fd
  7. #dda9fd
  8. #e6bffe
  9. #eed4fe
  10. #f7eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab28fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab28fa
  2. #a731ee
  3. #a23ae2
  4. #9e42d5
  5. #9a4bc9
  6. #9654bd
  7. #915db1
  8. #8d66a5
  9. #896e98
  10. #84778c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d5eb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9d6596 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #575afd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #665ef8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a353c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab28fa {
  color: #ab28fa;
}
Background
.bg-ab28fa {
  background-color: #ab28fa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ab28fa {
  border: 2px solid #ab28fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab28fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 40 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab28fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab28fa, #fa28e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab28fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 40 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.91 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.67 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.05 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.44 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.53 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 8.39 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.61 #54d705 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ab28fa  rgb(171, 40, 250)  hsl(277, 95%, 57%)  Electric Purple
#77fa28  rgb(119, 250, 40)  hsl(97, 95%, 57%)  Lawn Green
#faab28  rgb(250, 171, 40)  hsl(37, 95%, 57%)  Orange
#28faab  rgb(40, 250, 171)  hsl(157, 95%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green