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#AE41ED

#ae41ed ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae41ed is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 25.49% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.58% cyan, 72.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 278.02°, with 82.69% saturation and 59.22% 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 4.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.11.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1889

Complementary

  1. #ae41ed
  2. #80ed41

Split complementary

  1. #ae41ed
  2. #d6ed41
  3. #41ed58

Analogous

  1. #5841ed
  2. #ae41ed
  3. #ed41d6

Triadic

  1. #ae41ed
  2. #edae41
  3. #41edae

Tetradic

  1. #ae41ed
  2. #ed4180
  3. #80ed41
  4. #41edae

Square

  1. #ae41ed
  2. #ed5841
  3. #80ed41
  4. #41d6ed

Monochromatic

  1. #5b0d88
  2. #8a14ce
  3. #ae41ed
  4. #cc87f4
  5. #eacdfa

Shades

#ae41ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae41ed
  2. #9d3bd5
  3. #8b34be
  4. #7a2ea6
  5. #68278e
  6. #572177
  7. #461a5f
  8. #341447
  9. #230d2f
  10. #110718
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae41ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae41ed
  2. #b654ef
  3. #be67f1
  4. #c67af2
  5. #ce8df4
  6. #d7a0f6
  7. #dfb3f8
  8. #e7c6fa
  9. #efd9fb
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae41ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae41ed
  2. #a947e2
  3. #a54ed7
  4. #a054cc
  5. #9c5ac1
  6. #9761b7
  7. #9267ac
  8. #8e6da1
  9. #897396
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9167b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #167ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a56994 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6863f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7468eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a95bbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae41ed {
  color: #ae41ed;
}
Background
.bg-ae41ed {
  background-color: #ae41ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae41ed {
  border: 2px solid #ae41ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae41ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 65 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 83% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae41ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae41ed, #ed41d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae41ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 65 237 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.11 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.39 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.96 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.24 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.55 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.57 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.15 #51be12 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae41ed  rgb(174, 65, 237)  hsl(278, 83%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#80ed41  rgb(128, 237, 65)  hsl(98, 83%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#edae41  rgb(237, 174, 65)  hsl(38, 83%, 59%)  Marigold
#41edae  rgb(65, 237, 174)  hsl(158, 83%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green