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#AE40EA

#ae40ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae40ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 25.1% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 72.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 278.82°, with 80.19% saturation and 58.43% 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 4.12.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1861

Complementary

  1. #ae40ea
  2. #7cea40

Split complementary

  1. #ae40ea
  2. #d1ea40
  3. #40ea59

Analogous

  1. #5940ea
  2. #ae40ea
  3. #ea40d1

Triadic

  1. #ae40ea
  2. #eaae40
  3. #40eaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae40ea
  2. #ea407c
  3. #7cea40
  4. #40eaae

Square

  1. #ae40ea
  2. #ea5940
  3. #7cea40
  4. #40d1ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5a0e83
  2. #8916c8
  3. #ae40ea
  4. #cb85f2
  5. #e8caf9

Shades

#ae40ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae40ea
  2. #9d3ad3
  3. #8b33bb
  4. #7a2da4
  5. #68268c
  6. #572075
  7. #461a5e
  8. #341346
  9. #230d2f
  10. #110617
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae40ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae40ea
  2. #b653ec
  3. #be66ee
  4. #c679f0
  5. #ce8cf2
  6. #d7a0f5
  7. #dfb3f7
  8. #e7c6f9
  9. #efd9fb
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae40ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae40ea
  2. #a946df
  3. #a54dd5
  4. #a053ca
  5. #9c5ac0
  6. #9760b5
  7. #9266aa
  8. #8e6da0
  9. #897395
  10. #857a8b
  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 #9066b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1d79e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a66792 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6862ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7567e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a95abc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae40ea {
  color: #ae40ea;
}
Background
.bg-ae40ea {
  background-color: #ae40ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae40ea {
  border: 2px solid #ae40ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae40ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 64 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae40ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae40ea, #ea40d1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae40ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 64 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.12 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.29 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.84 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.88 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.34 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.58 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.05 #51bf15 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae40ea  rgb(174, 64, 234)  hsl(279, 80%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#7cea40  rgb(124, 234, 64)  hsl(99, 80%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#eaae40  rgb(234, 174, 64)  hsl(39, 80%, 58%)  Marigold
#40eaae  rgb(64, 234, 174)  hsl(159, 80%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green