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#AE16FD

#ae16fd ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ae16fd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.23% cyan, 91.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 279.48°, with 98.3% saturation and 53.92% 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 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.71.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1666

Complementary

  1. #ae16fd
  2. #65fd16

Split complementary

  1. #ae16fd
  2. #d9fd16
  3. #16fd3a

Analogous

  1. #3a16fd
  2. #ae16fd
  3. #fd16d9

Triadic

  1. #ae16fd
  2. #fdae16
  3. #16fdae

Tetradic

  1. #ae16fd
  2. #fd1665
  3. #65fd16
  4. #16fdae

Square

  1. #ae16fd
  2. #fd3a16
  3. #65fd16
  4. #16d9fd

Monochromatic

  1. #500179
  2. #8202c5
  3. #ae16fd
  4. #c862fe
  5. #e3aefe

Shades

#ae16fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae16fd
  2. #9d14e4
  3. #8b12ca
  4. #7a0fb1
  5. #680d98
  6. #570b7f
  7. #460965
  8. #34074c
  9. #230433
  10. #110219
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae16fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae16fd
  2. #b62dfd
  3. #be45fd
  4. #c65cfe
  5. #ce73fe
  6. #d78bfe
  7. #dfa2fe
  8. #e7b9fe
  9. #efd0ff
  10. #f7e8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae16fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae16fd
  2. #a921f1
  3. #a52be4
  4. #a036d8
  5. #9c40cb
  6. #974bbf
  7. #9256b2
  8. #8e60a6
  9. #896b99
  10. #85758d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e5aba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a16196 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5657ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #665bfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a64dc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae16fd {
  color: #ae16fd;
}
Background
.bg-ae16fd {
  background-color: #ae16fd;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ae16fd {
  border: 2px solid #ae16fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae16fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 22 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 98% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae16fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae16fd, #fd16d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae16fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 22 253 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.71 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.10 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.63 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.42 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.65 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 8.01 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 10.03 #51e902 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae16fd  rgb(174, 22, 253)  hsl(279, 98%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#65fd16  rgb(101, 253, 22)  hsl(99, 98%, 54%)  Harlequin
#fdae16  rgb(253, 174, 22)  hsl(39, 98%, 54%)  Orange
#16fdae  rgb(22, 253, 174)  hsl(159, 98%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green