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#AE33FF

#ae33ff ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ae33ff is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 20% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.76% cyan, 80% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 276.18°, with 100% saturation and 60% 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.95.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1859

Complementary

  1. #ae33ff
  2. #84ff33

Split complementary

  1. #ae33ff
  2. #eaff33
  3. #33ff48

Analogous

  1. #4833ff
  2. #ae33ff
  3. #ff33ea

Triadic

  1. #ae33ff
  2. #ffae33
  3. #33ffae

Tetradic

  1. #ae33ff
  2. #ff3384
  3. #84ff33
  4. #33ffae

Square

  1. #ae33ff
  2. #ff4833
  3. #84ff33
  4. #33eaff

Monochromatic

  1. #5c0099
  2. #8a00e6
  3. #ae33ff
  4. #cc80ff
  5. #ebccff

Shades

#ae33ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae33ff
  2. #9d2ee6
  3. #8b29cc
  4. #7a24b3
  5. #681f99
  6. #571a80
  7. #461466
  8. #340f4d
  9. #230a33
  10. #11051a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae33ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae33ff
  2. #b647ff
  3. #be5cff
  4. #c670ff
  5. #ce85ff
  6. #d799ff
  7. #dfadff
  8. #e7c2ff
  9. #efd6ff
  10. #f7ebff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae33ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae33ff
  2. #a93bf2
  3. #a542e6
  4. #a04ad9
  5. #9c52cc
  6. #975ac0
  7. #9261b3
  8. #8e69a6
  9. #897199
  10. #85788d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9063bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a06a9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c60ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a64fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a659cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae33ff {
  color: #ae33ff;
}
Background
.bg-ae33ff {
  background-color: #ae33ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae33ff {
  border: 2px solid #ae33ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae33ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 51 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 100% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae33ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae33ff, #ff33ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae33ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 51 255 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.95 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.37 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 7.67 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.94 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.04 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.73 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.24 #51cc00 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae33ff  rgb(174, 51, 255)  hsl(276, 100%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#84ff33  rgb(132, 255, 51)  hsl(96, 100%, 60%)  Chartreuse
#ffae33  rgb(255, 174, 51)  hsl(36, 100%, 60%)  Yellow Orange
#33ffae  rgb(51, 255, 174)  hsl(156, 100%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green