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#AA42E0

#aa42e0 ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa42e0 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 25.88% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.11% cyan, 70.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 279.49°, with 71.82% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.04.

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Web safe#9933cc
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Relative luminance0.1782

Complementary

  1. #aa42e0
  2. #78e042

Split complementary

  1. #aa42e0
  2. #c7e042
  3. #42e05b

Analogous

  1. #5b42e0
  2. #aa42e0
  3. #e042c7

Triadic

  1. #aa42e0
  2. #e0aa42
  3. #42e0aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa42e0
  2. #e04278
  3. #78e042
  4. #42e0aa

Square

  1. #aa42e0
  2. #e05b42
  3. #78e042
  4. #42c7e0

Monochromatic

  1. #541376
  2. #831eb7
  3. #aa42e0
  4. #c884eb
  5. #e5c5f6

Shades

#aa42e0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa42e0
  2. #993bca
  3. #8835b3
  4. #772e9d
  5. #662886
  6. #552170
  7. #441a5a
  8. #331443
  9. #220d2d
  10. #110716
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa42e0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa42e0
  2. #b355e3
  3. #bb68e6
  4. #c47be9
  5. #cc8eec
  6. #d5a1f0
  7. #ddb3f3
  8. #e6c6f6
  9. #eed9f9
  10. #f7ecfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa42e0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa42e0
  2. #a648d6
  3. #a24ecd
  4. #9d55c3
  5. #995bba
  6. #9561b0
  7. #9167a6
  8. #8d6d9d
  9. #887493
  10. #847a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d64ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0070e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2b77dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3658d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6961e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7466de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a659b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa42e0 {
  color: #aa42e0;
}
Background
.bg-aa42e0 {
  background-color: #aa42e0;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-aa42e0 {
  border: 2px solid #aa42e0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa42e0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 66 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 72% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa42e0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa42e0, #e042c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa42e0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 66 224 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.04 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.72 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.11 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.05 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.80 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.01 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.11 #55bd1f Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#aa42e0  rgb(170, 66, 224)  hsl(279, 72%, 57%)  Electric Purple
#78e042  rgb(120, 224, 66)  hsl(99, 72%, 57%)  Lime Green
#e0aa42  rgb(224, 170, 66)  hsl(39, 72%, 57%)  Goldenrod
#42e0aa  rgb(66, 224, 170)  hsl(159, 72%, 57%)  Caribbean Green