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#ae1aea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ae1aea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 10.2% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 88.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 282.69°, with 83.2% saturation and 50.98% 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 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1568

Complementary

  1. #ae1aea
  2. #56ea1a

Split complementary

  1. #ae1aea
  2. #beea1a
  3. #1aea46

Analogous

  1. #461aea
  2. #ae1aea
  3. #ea1abe

Triadic

  1. #ae1aea
  2. #eaae1a
  3. #1aeaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae1aea
  2. #ea1a56
  3. #56ea1a
  4. #1aeaae

Square

  1. #ae1aea
  2. #ea461a
  3. #56ea1a
  4. #1abeea

Monochromatic

  1. #480962
  2. #7c0fa8
  3. #ae1aea
  4. #c760f0
  5. #e0a6f7

Shades

#ae1aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae1aea
  2. #9d17d3
  3. #8b15bb
  4. #7a12a4
  5. #68108c
  6. #570d75
  7. #460a5e
  8. #340846
  9. #23052f
  10. #110317
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae1aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae1aea
  2. #b631ec
  3. #be48ee
  4. #c65ff0
  5. #ce76f2
  6. #d78df5
  7. #dfa3f7
  8. #e7baf9
  9. #efd1fb
  10. #f7e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae1aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae1aea
  2. #a924df
  3. #a52ed5
  4. #a039ca
  5. #9c43c0
  6. #974db5
  7. #9257aa
  8. #8e61a0
  9. #896c95
  10. #85768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6e6e6e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c58ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0068ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6588b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f53ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e5ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa47b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae1aea {
  color: #ae1aea;
}
Background
.bg-ae1aea {
  background-color: #ae1aea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ae1aea {
  border: 2px solid #ae1aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae1aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 26 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 283 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae1aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae1aea, #ea1abe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae1aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 26 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.72 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 3.85 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.69 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 5.78 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.05 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.49 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.75 #51e515 Inverted #6e6e6e Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae1aea  rgb(174, 26, 234)  hsl(283, 83%, 51%)  Electric Purple
#56ea1a  rgb(86, 234, 26)  hsl(103, 83%, 51%)  Harlequin
#eaae1a  rgb(234, 174, 26)  hsl(43, 83%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#1aeaae  rgb(26, 234, 174)  hsl(163, 83%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green