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#AE16FC

#ae16fc ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ae16fc is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 8.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.95% cyan, 91.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 279.65°, with 97.46% saturation and 53.73% 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 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.73.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.166

Complementary

  1. #ae16fc
  2. #64fc16

Split complementary

  1. #ae16fc
  2. #d7fc16
  3. #16fc3b

Analogous

  1. #3b16fc
  2. #ae16fc
  3. #fc16d7

Triadic

  1. #ae16fc
  2. #fcae16
  3. #16fcae

Tetradic

  1. #ae16fc
  2. #fc1664
  3. #64fc16
  4. #16fcae

Square

  1. #ae16fc
  2. #fc3b16
  3. #64fc16
  4. #16d7fc

Monochromatic

  1. #4f0277
  2. #8203c3
  3. #ae16fc
  4. #c862fd
  5. #e3adfe

Shades

#ae16fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae16fc
  2. #9d14e3
  3. #8b12ca
  4. #7a0fb0
  5. #680d97
  6. #570b7e
  7. #460965
  8. #34074c
  9. #230432
  10. #110219
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae16fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae16fc
  2. #b62dfc
  3. #be45fd
  4. #c65cfd
  5. #ce73fd
  6. #d78bfe
  7. #dfa2fe
  8. #e7b9fe
  9. #efd0fe
  10. #f7e8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae16fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae16fc
  2. #a921f0
  3. #a52be3
  4. #a036d7
  5. #9c40ca
  6. #974bbe
  7. #9256b2
  8. #8e60a5
  9. #896b99
  10. #85758c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e5aba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a16096 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5656ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #665bfa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a64dc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae16fc {
  color: #ae16fc;
}
Background
.bg-ae16fc {
  background-color: #ae16fc;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ae16fc {
  border: 2px solid #ae16fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae16fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 22 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 97% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae16fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae16fc, #fc16d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae16fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 22 252 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.73 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.09 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.61 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.35 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.54 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 7.91 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 10.01 #51e903 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae16fc  rgb(174, 22, 252)  hsl(280, 97%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#64fc16  rgb(100, 252, 22)  hsl(100, 97%, 54%)  Harlequin
#fcae16  rgb(252, 174, 22)  hsl(40, 97%, 54%)  Orange
#16fcae  rgb(22, 252, 174)  hsl(160, 97%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green