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#AE18EE

#ae18ee ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ae18ee is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 9.41% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.89% cyan, 89.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 282.06°, with 86.29% saturation and 51.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1582

Complementary

  1. #ae18ee
  2. #58ee18

Split complementary

  1. #ae18ee
  2. #c3ee18
  3. #18ee43

Analogous

  1. #4318ee
  2. #ae18ee
  3. #ee18c3

Triadic

  1. #ae18ee
  2. #eeae18
  3. #18eeae

Tetradic

  1. #ae18ee
  2. #ee1858
  3. #58ee18
  4. #18eeae

Square

  1. #ae18ee
  2. #ee4318
  3. #58ee18
  4. #18c3ee

Monochromatic

  1. #490766
  2. #7d0dad
  3. #ae18ee
  4. #c75ff3
  5. #e0a7f8

Shades

#ae18ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae18ee
  2. #9d16d6
  3. #8b13be
  4. #7a11a7
  5. #680e8f
  6. #570c77
  7. #460a5f
  8. #340747
  9. #230530
  10. #110218
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae18ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae18ee
  2. #b62ff0
  3. #be46f1
  4. #c65df3
  5. #ce74f5
  6. #d78cf7
  7. #dfa3f8
  8. #e7bafa
  9. #efd1fc
  10. #f7e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae18ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae18ee
  2. #a922e3
  3. #a52dd8
  4. #a037cd
  5. #9c42c2
  6. #974cb7
  7. #9256ac
  8. #8e61a1
  9. #896b96
  10. #85768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c58b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0069f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a55a8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d54f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c5aec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a948bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae18ee {
  color: #ae18ee;
}
Background
.bg-ae18ee {
  background-color: #ae18ee;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ae18ee {
  border: 2px solid #ae18ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae18ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 24 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae18ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae18ee, #ee18c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae18ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 24 238 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.44 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.52 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.06 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.80 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 5.82 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.70 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.91 #51e711 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae18ee  rgb(174, 24, 238)  hsl(282, 86%, 51%)  Electric Purple
#58ee18  rgb(88, 238, 24)  hsl(102, 86%, 51%)  Harlequin
#eeae18  rgb(238, 174, 24)  hsl(42, 86%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#18eeae  rgb(24, 238, 174)  hsl(162, 86%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green