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#ab4dfd ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab4dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 30.2% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.41% cyan, 69.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 272.05°, with 97.78% saturation and 64.71% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2106

Complementary

  1. #ab4dfd
  2. #9ffd4d

Split complementary

  1. #ab4dfd
  2. #f7fd4d
  3. #4dfd53

Analogous

  1. #534dfd
  2. #ab4dfd
  3. #fd4df7

Triadic

  1. #ab4dfd
  2. #fdab4d
  3. #4dfdab

Tetradic

  1. #ab4dfd
  2. #fd4d9f
  3. #9ffd4d
  4. #4dfdab

Square

  1. #ab4dfd
  2. #fd534d
  3. #9ffd4d
  4. #4df7fd

Monochromatic

  1. #5e02af
  2. #8703fb
  3. #ab4dfd
  4. #cf99fe
  5. #f2e4ff

Shades

#ab4dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab4dfd
  2. #9a45e4
  3. #893eca
  4. #7836b1
  5. #672e98
  6. #56277f
  7. #441f65
  8. #33174c
  9. #220f33
  10. #110819
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab4dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab4dfd
  2. #b35ffd
  3. #bc71fd
  4. #c482fe
  5. #cd94fe
  6. #d5a6fe
  7. #ddb8fe
  8. #e6cafe
  9. #eedbff
  10. #f7edff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab4dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab4dfd
  2. #a752f1
  3. #a257e4
  4. #9e5cd8
  5. #9a61cb
  6. #9667bf
  7. #916cb2
  8. #8d71a6
  9. #897699
  10. #847b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #926ebf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007ff9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b76a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #646cff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e6efb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a268cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab4dfd {
  color: #ab4dfd;
}
Background
.bg-ab4dfd {
  background-color: #ab4dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab4dfd {
  border: 2px solid #ab4dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab4dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 77 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 98% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab4dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab4dfd, #fd4df7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab4dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 77 253 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.04 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.43 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.35 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.80 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.11 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.62 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.22 #54b202 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ab4dfd  rgb(171, 77, 253)  hsl(272, 98%, 65%)  Electric Purple
#9ffd4d  rgb(159, 253, 77)  hsl(92, 98%, 65%)  Green Yellow
#fdab4d  rgb(253, 171, 77)  hsl(32, 98%, 65%)  Yellow Orange
#4dfdab  rgb(77, 253, 171)  hsl(152, 98%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green