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#AA2DED

#aa2ded ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#aa2ded is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 17.65% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.27% cyan, 81.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 279.06°, with 84.21% saturation and 55.29% 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 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.5.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1654

Complementary

  1. #aa2ded
  2. #70ed2d

Split complementary

  1. #aa2ded
  2. #d0ed2d
  3. #2ded4a

Analogous

  1. #4a2ded
  2. #aa2ded
  3. #ed2dd0

Triadic

  1. #aa2ded
  2. #edaa2d
  3. #2dedaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa2ded
  2. #ed2d70
  3. #70ed2d
  4. #2dedaa

Square

  1. #aa2ded
  2. #ed4a2d
  3. #70ed2d
  4. #2dd0ed

Monochromatic

  1. #510a77
  2. #8110bd
  3. #aa2ded
  4. #c773f3
  5. #e3baf9

Shades

#aa2ded mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa2ded
  2. #9929d5
  3. #8824be
  4. #7720a6
  5. #661b8e
  6. #551777
  7. #44125f
  8. #330e47
  9. #22092f
  10. #110518
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa2ded mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa2ded
  2. #b342ef
  3. #bb57f1
  4. #c46cf2
  5. #cc81f4
  6. #d596f6
  7. #ddabf8
  8. #e6c0fa
  9. #eed5fb
  10. #f7eafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa2ded mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa2ded
  2. #a635e2
  3. #a23ed7
  4. #9d46cc
  5. #994ec1
  6. #9557b7
  7. #915fac
  8. #8d67a1
  9. #886f96
  10. #84788b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b5db1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006cf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a06090 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d59f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b5eeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a450bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa2ded {
  color: #aa2ded;
}
Background
.bg-aa2ded {
  background-color: #aa2ded;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-aa2ded {
  border: 2px solid #aa2ded;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa2ded;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 45 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa2ded {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa2ded, #ed2dd0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa2ded {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 45 237 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.50 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.10 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.12 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.92 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.32 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 7.52 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.92 #55d212 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#aa2ded  rgb(170, 45, 237)  hsl(279, 84%, 55%)  Electric Purple
#70ed2d  rgb(112, 237, 45)  hsl(99, 84%, 55%)  Lawn Green
#edaa2d  rgb(237, 170, 45)  hsl(39, 84%, 55%)  Marigold
#2dedaa  rgb(45, 237, 170)  hsl(159, 84%, 55%)  Medium Spring Green