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#AE3AEA

#ae3aea ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae3aea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 22.75% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 75.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 279.55°, with 80.73% saturation and 57.25% 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 4.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1797

Complementary

  1. #ae3aea
  2. #76ea3a

Split complementary

  1. #ae3aea
  2. #ceea3a
  3. #3aea56

Analogous

  1. #563aea
  2. #ae3aea
  3. #ea3ace

Triadic

  1. #ae3aea
  2. #eaae3a
  3. #3aeaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae3aea
  2. #ea3a76
  3. #76ea3a
  4. #3aeaae

Square

  1. #ae3aea
  2. #ea563a
  3. #76ea3a
  4. #3aceea

Monochromatic

  1. #570d7e
  2. #8715c3
  3. #ae3aea
  4. #ca7ff1
  5. #e7c4f9

Shades

#ae3aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae3aea
  2. #9d34d3
  3. #8b2ebb
  4. #7a29a4
  5. #68238c
  6. #571d75
  7. #46175e
  8. #341146
  9. #230c2f
  10. #110617
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae3aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae3aea
  2. #b64eec
  3. #be61ee
  4. #c675f0
  5. #ce89f2
  6. #d79df5
  7. #dfb0f7
  8. #e7c4f9
  9. #efd8fb
  10. #f7ebfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae3aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae3aea
  2. #a941df
  3. #a548d5
  4. #a04fca
  5. #9c56c0
  6. #975db5
  7. #9264aa
  8. #8e6ba0
  9. #897295
  10. #85798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9063b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0070ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0e77e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a66491 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #665fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7364e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a956bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae3aea {
  color: #ae3aea;
}
Background
.bg-ae3aea {
  background-color: #ae3aea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae3aea {
  border: 2px solid #ae3aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae3aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 58 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae3aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae3aea, #ea3ace);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae3aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 58 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.62 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.10 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.19 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.93 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.66 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.31 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.28 #51c515 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae3aea  rgb(174, 58, 234)  hsl(280, 81%, 57%)  Electric Purple
#76ea3a  rgb(118, 234, 58)  hsl(100, 81%, 57%)  Lawn Green
#eaae3a  rgb(234, 174, 58)  hsl(40, 81%, 57%)  Marigold
#3aeaae  rgb(58, 234, 174)  hsl(160, 81%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green