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#AA5EFB

#aa5efb ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa5efb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 36.86% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.27% cyan, 62.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 269.04°, with 95.15% saturation and 67.65% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.87.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2352

Complementary

  1. #aa5efb
  2. #affb5e

Split complementary

  1. #aa5efb
  2. #fbf85e
  3. #61fb5e

Analogous

  1. #5e61fb
  2. #aa5efb
  3. #f85efb

Triadic

  1. #aa5efb
  2. #fbaa5e
  3. #5efbaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa5efb
  2. #fb5eaf
  3. #affb5e
  4. #5efbaa

Square

  1. #aa5efb
  2. #fb5e61
  3. #affb5e
  4. #5efbf8

Monochromatic

  1. #5d05bb
  2. #8313f9
  3. #aa5efb
  4. #d1a9fd
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#aa5efb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa5efb
  2. #9955e2
  3. #884bc9
  4. #7742b0
  5. #663897
  6. #552f7e
  7. #442664
  8. #331c4b
  9. #221332
  10. #110919
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa5efb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa5efb
  2. #b36efb
  3. #bb7efc
  4. #c48efc
  5. #cc9efd
  6. #d5affd
  7. #ddbffd
  8. #e6cffe
  9. #eedffe
  10. #f7efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa5efb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa5efb
  2. #a661ef
  3. #a265e2
  4. #9d68d6
  5. #996cca
  6. #956fbe
  7. #9172b1
  8. #8d76a5
  9. #887999
  10. #847d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9577c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0084ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2b85f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a80a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c76fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7477f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a174cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa5efb {
  color: #aa5efb;
}
Background
.bg-aa5efb {
  background-color: #aa5efb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa5efb {
  border: 2px solid #aa5efb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa5efb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 94 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 95% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa5efb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa5efb, #f85efb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa5efb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 94 251 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.87 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.21 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.52 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.50 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.11 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.86 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.92 #55a104 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#aa5efb  rgb(170, 94, 251)  hsl(269, 95%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#affb5e  rgb(175, 251, 94)  hsl(89, 95%, 68%)  Inchworm
#fbaa5e  rgb(251, 170, 94)  hsl(29, 95%, 68%)  Sandy Brown
#5efbaa  rgb(94, 251, 170)  hsl(149, 95%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green