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#AF28FA

#af28fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#af28fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 15.69% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30% cyan, 84% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 278.57°, 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 4.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.33.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1753

Complementary

  1. #af28fa
  2. #73fa28

Split complementary

  1. #af28fa
  2. #dcfa28
  3. #28fa46

Analogous

  1. #4628fa
  2. #af28fa
  3. #fa28dc

Triadic

  1. #af28fa
  2. #faaf28
  3. #28faaf

Tetradic

  1. #af28fa
  2. #fa2873
  3. #73fa28
  4. #28faaf

Square

  1. #af28fa
  2. #fa4628
  3. #73fa28
  4. #28dcfa

Monochromatic

  1. #570386
  2. #8805d1
  3. #af28fa
  4. #cb73fc
  5. #e7befd

Shades

#af28fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af28fa
  2. #9e24e1
  3. #8c20c8
  4. #7b1caf
  5. #691896
  6. #58147d
  7. #461064
  8. #350c4b
  9. #230832
  10. #120419
  11. #000000

Tints

#af28fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af28fa
  2. #b73efb
  3. #bf53fb
  4. #c769fc
  5. #cf7efc
  6. #d794fd
  7. #dfa9fd
  8. #e7bffe
  9. #efd4fe
  10. #f7eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af28fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af28fa
  2. #aa31ee
  3. #a63ae2
  4. #a142d5
  5. #9c4bc9
  6. #9854bd
  7. #935db1
  8. #8e66a5
  9. #896e98
  10. #85778c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #747474 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f5fb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0070ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a36496 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c5bfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b60f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a852c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af28fa {
  color: #af28fa;
}
Background
.bg-af28fa {
  background-color: #af28fa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-af28fa {
  border: 2px solid #af28fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af28fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 40 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af28fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af28fa, #fa28dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af28fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 40 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.33 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.30 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.74 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.85 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.09 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 8.89 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.10 #50d705 Inverted #747474 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#af28fa  rgb(175, 40, 250)  hsl(279, 95%, 57%)  Electric Purple
#73fa28  rgb(115, 250, 40)  hsl(99, 95%, 57%)  Lawn Green
#faaf28  rgb(250, 175, 40)  hsl(39, 95%, 57%)  Pastel Orange
#28faaf  rgb(40, 250, 175)  hsl(159, 95%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green