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#AB6DFD

#ab6dfd ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ab6dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 42.75% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.41% cyan, 56.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 265.83°, with 97.3% saturation and 70.98% 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 6.34:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2669

Complementary

  1. #ab6dfd
  2. #bffd6d

Split complementary

  1. #ab6dfd
  2. #fdf36d
  3. #77fd6d

Analogous

  1. #6d77fd
  2. #ab6dfd
  3. #f36dfd

Triadic

  1. #ab6dfd
  2. #fdab6d
  3. #6dfdab

Tetradic

  1. #ab6dfd
  2. #fd6dbf
  3. #bffd6d
  4. #6dfdab

Square

  1. #ab6dfd
  2. #fd6d77
  3. #bffd6d
  4. #6dfdf3

Monochromatic

  1. #5a03ce
  2. #8022fc
  3. #ab6dfd
  4. #d6b8fe
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#ab6dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab6dfd
  2. #9a62e4
  3. #8957ca
  4. #784cb1
  5. #674198
  6. #56377f
  7. #442c65
  8. #33214c
  9. #221633
  10. #110b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab6dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab6dfd
  2. #b37cfd
  3. #bc8afd
  4. #c499fe
  5. #cda7fe
  6. #d5b6fe
  7. #ddc5fe
  8. #e6d3fe
  9. #eee2ff
  10. #f7f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab6dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab6dfd
  2. #a76ff1
  3. #a271e4
  4. #9e73d8
  5. #9a75cb
  6. #9677bf
  7. #9178b2
  8. #8d7aa6
  9. #897c99
  10. #847e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a81c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #298dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #448cfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a8aab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7481ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b81fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a180d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab6dfd {
  color: #ab6dfd;
}
Background
.bg-ab6dfd {
  background-color: #ab6dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab6dfd {
  border: 2px solid #ab6dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab6dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 109 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 97% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab6dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab6dfd, #f36dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab6dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 109 253 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.04 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.73 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.87 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.75 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.20 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.45 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 12.40 #549202 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ab6dfd  rgb(171, 109, 253)  hsl(266, 97%, 71%)  Medium Purple
#bffd6d  rgb(191, 253, 109)  hsl(86, 97%, 71%)  Inchworm
#fdab6d  rgb(253, 171, 109)  hsl(26, 97%, 71%)  Sandy Brown
#6dfdab  rgb(109, 253, 171)  hsl(146, 97%, 71%)  Medium Spring Green