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#AA29EB

#aa29eb ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#aa29eb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 16.08% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.66% cyan, 82.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 279.9°, with 82.91% saturation and 54.12% 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 4.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.71.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1613

Complementary

  1. #aa29eb
  2. #6aeb29

Split complementary

  1. #aa29eb
  2. #cbeb29
  3. #29eb49

Analogous

  1. #4929eb
  2. #aa29eb
  3. #eb29cb

Triadic

  1. #aa29eb
  2. #ebaa29
  3. #29ebaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa29eb
  2. #eb296a
  3. #6aeb29
  4. #29ebaa

Square

  1. #aa29eb
  2. #eb4929
  3. #6aeb29
  4. #29cbeb

Monochromatic

  1. #4e0b71
  2. #7f11b6
  3. #aa29eb
  4. #c66ff2
  5. #e2b5f8

Shades

#aa29eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa29eb
  2. #9925d4
  3. #8821bc
  4. #771da5
  5. #66198d
  6. #551576
  7. #44105e
  8. #330c47
  9. #22082f
  10. #110418
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa29eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa29eb
  2. #b33eed
  3. #bb54ef
  4. #c469f1
  5. #cc7ff3
  6. #d594f5
  7. #dda9f7
  8. #e6bff9
  9. #eed4fb
  10. #f7eafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa29eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa29eb
  2. #a632e0
  3. #a23ad6
  4. #9d43cb
  5. #994cc0
  6. #9555b6
  7. #915dab
  8. #8d66a0
  9. #886f95
  10. #84778b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #707070 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b5baf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006bf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a15e8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d57ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b5de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a44ebb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa29eb {
  color: #aa29eb;
}
Background
.bg-aa29eb {
  background-color: #aa29eb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-aa29eb {
  border: 2px solid #aa29eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa29eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 41 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 83% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa29eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa29eb, #eb29cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa29eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 41 235 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.71 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.90 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.73 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.63 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.08 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 7.00 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.23 #55d614 Inverted #707070 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#aa29eb  rgb(170, 41, 235)  hsl(280, 83%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#6aeb29  rgb(106, 235, 41)  hsl(100, 83%, 54%)  Lawn Green
#ebaa29  rgb(235, 170, 41)  hsl(40, 83%, 54%)  Marigold
#29ebaa  rgb(41, 235, 170)  hsl(160, 83%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green