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#AE3CEC

#ae3cec ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae3cec is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 23.53% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.27% cyan, 74.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 278.86°, with 82.24% saturation and 58.04% 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 4.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.67.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1829

Complementary

  1. #ae3cec
  2. #7aec3c

Split complementary

  1. #ae3cec
  2. #d2ec3c
  3. #3cec56

Analogous

  1. #563cec
  2. #ae3cec
  3. #ec3cd2

Triadic

  1. #ae3cec
  2. #ecae3c
  3. #3cecae

Tetradic

  1. #ae3cec
  2. #ec3c7a
  3. #7aec3c
  4. #3cecae

Square

  1. #ae3cec
  2. #ec563c
  3. #7aec3c
  4. #3cd2ec

Monochromatic

  1. #590d82
  2. #8813c8
  3. #ae3cec
  4. #cb82f3
  5. #e8c7fa

Shades

#ae3cec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae3cec
  2. #9d36d4
  3. #8b30bd
  4. #7a2aa5
  5. #68248e
  6. #571e76
  7. #46185e
  8. #341247
  9. #230c2f
  10. #110618
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae3cec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae3cec
  2. #b650ee
  3. #be63f0
  4. #c677f2
  5. #ce8af4
  6. #d79ef6
  7. #dfb1f7
  8. #e7c5f9
  9. #efd8fb
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae3cec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae3cec
  2. #a943e1
  3. #a54ad6
  4. #a050cc
  5. #9c57c1
  6. #975eb6
  7. #9265ab
  8. #8e6ca0
  9. #897296
  10. #85798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9064b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0a78e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a56692 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6661ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7365ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a958bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae3cec {
  color: #ae3cec;
}
Background
.bg-ae3cec {
  background-color: #ae3cec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae3cec {
  border: 2px solid #ae3cec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae3cec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 60 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 82% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae3cec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae3cec, #ec3cd2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae3cec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 60 236 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.67 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.30 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.59 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.83 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.92 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.51 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.10 #51c313 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae3cec  rgb(174, 60, 236)  hsl(279, 82%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#7aec3c  rgb(122, 236, 60)  hsl(99, 82%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#ecae3c  rgb(236, 174, 60)  hsl(39, 82%, 58%)  Marigold
#3cecae  rgb(60, 236, 174)  hsl(159, 82%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green