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#AB5DFD

#ab5dfd ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab5dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 36.47% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.41% cyan, 63.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 269.25°, with 97.56% saturation and 67.84% 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 5.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.16.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2358

Complementary

  1. #ab5dfd
  2. #affd5d

Split complementary

  1. #ab5dfd
  2. #fdfb5d
  3. #5ffd5d

Analogous

  1. #5d5ffd
  2. #ab5dfd
  3. #fb5dfd

Triadic

  1. #ab5dfd
  2. #fdab5d
  3. #5dfdab

Tetradic

  1. #ab5dfd
  2. #fd5daf
  3. #affd5d
  4. #5dfdab

Square

  1. #ab5dfd
  2. #fd5d5f
  3. #affd5d
  4. #5dfdfb

Monochromatic

  1. #5e02bf
  2. #8411fc
  3. #ab5dfd
  4. #d2a9fe
  5. #f5ebff

Shades

#ab5dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab5dfd
  2. #9a54e4
  3. #894aca
  4. #7841b1
  5. #673898
  6. #562f7f
  7. #442565
  8. #331c4c
  9. #221333
  10. #110919
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab5dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab5dfd
  2. #b36dfd
  3. #bc7dfd
  4. #c48efe
  5. #cd9efe
  6. #d5aefe
  7. #ddbefe
  8. #e6cefe
  9. #eedfff
  10. #f7efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab5dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab5dfd
  2. #a761f1
  3. #a264e4
  4. #9e68d8
  5. #9a6bcb
  6. #966fbf
  7. #9172b2
  8. #8d76a6
  9. #897999
  10. #847d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9677c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0084ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2785f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b80a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c76ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7477fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a273ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab5dfd {
  color: #ab5dfd;
}
Background
.bg-ab5dfd {
  background-color: #ab5dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab5dfd {
  border: 2px solid #ab5dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab5dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 93 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 98% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab5dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab5dfd, #fb5dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab5dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 93 253 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.16 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.49 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.61 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.68 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.95 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.05 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.89 #54a202 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ab5dfd  rgb(171, 93, 253)  hsl(269, 98%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#affd5d  rgb(175, 253, 93)  hsl(89, 98%, 68%)  Green Yellow
#fdab5d  rgb(253, 171, 93)  hsl(29, 98%, 68%)  Sandy Brown
#5dfdab  rgb(93, 253, 171)  hsl(149, 98%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green