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#AA36EC

#aa36ec ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa36ec is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 21.18% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.97% cyan, 77.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 278.24°, with 82.73% 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.63.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1724

Complementary

  1. #aa36ec
  2. #78ec36

Split complementary

  1. #aa36ec
  2. #d3ec36
  3. #36ec4f

Analogous

  1. #4f36ec
  2. #aa36ec
  3. #ec36d3

Triadic

  1. #aa36ec
  2. #ecaa36
  3. #36ecaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa36ec
  2. #ec3678
  3. #78ec36
  4. #36ecaa

Square

  1. #aa36ec
  2. #ec4f36
  3. #78ec36
  4. #36d3ec

Monochromatic

  1. #540c7d
  2. #8312c3
  3. #aa36ec
  4. #c87cf3
  5. #e5c2f9

Shades

#aa36ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa36ec
  2. #9931d4
  3. #882bbd
  4. #7726a5
  5. #66208e
  6. #551b76
  7. #44165e
  8. #331047
  9. #220b2f
  10. #110518
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa36ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa36ec
  2. #b34aee
  3. #bb5ef0
  4. #c472f2
  5. #cc86f4
  6. #d59bf6
  7. #ddaff7
  8. #e6c3f9
  9. #eed7fb
  10. #f7ebfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa36ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa36ec
  2. #a63de1
  3. #a245d6
  4. #9d4ccc
  5. #9954c1
  6. #955bb6
  7. #9162ab
  8. #8d6aa0
  9. #887196
  10. #84798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c60b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006ff1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a06491 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #605def ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d62ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a455bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa36ec {
  color: #aa36ec;
}
Background
.bg-aa36ec {
  background-color: #aa36ec;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-aa36ec {
  border: 2px solid #aa36ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa36ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 54 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa36ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa36ec, #ec36d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa36ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 54 236 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.63 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.02 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.58 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.61 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 7.19 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.01 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 8.43 #55c913 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#aa36ec  rgb(170, 54, 236)  hsl(278, 83%, 57%)  Electric Purple
#78ec36  rgb(120, 236, 54)  hsl(98, 83%, 57%)  Lawn Green
#ecaa36  rgb(236, 170, 54)  hsl(38, 83%, 57%)  Marigold
#36ecaa  rgb(54, 236, 170)  hsl(158, 83%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green