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#AE48EA

#ae48ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae48ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 28.24% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 69.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 277.78°, with 79.41% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.08.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1957

Complementary

  1. #ae48ea
  2. #84ea48

Split complementary

  1. #ae48ea
  2. #d5ea48
  3. #48ea5d

Analogous

  1. #5d48ea
  2. #ae48ea
  3. #ea48d5

Triadic

  1. #ae48ea
  2. #eaae48
  3. #48eaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae48ea
  2. #ea4884
  3. #84ea48
  4. #48eaae

Square

  1. #ae48ea
  2. #ea5d48
  3. #84ea48
  4. #48d5ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5c1089
  2. #8a18ce
  3. #ae48ea
  4. #cc8df2
  5. #ebd1fa

Shades

#ae48ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae48ea
  2. #9d41d3
  3. #8b3abb
  4. #7a32a4
  5. #682b8c
  6. #572475
  7. #461d5e
  8. #341646
  9. #230e2f
  10. #110717
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae48ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae48ea
  2. #b65aec
  3. #be6dee
  4. #c67ff0
  5. #ce91f2
  6. #d7a4f5
  7. #dfb6f7
  8. #e7c8f9
  9. #efdafb
  10. #f7edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae48ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae48ea
  2. #a94edf
  3. #a553d5
  4. #a059ca
  5. #9c5ec0
  6. #9764b5
  7. #926aaa
  8. #8e6fa0
  9. #897595
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #926ab2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2b7ce6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a66c94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b67ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #776be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a95fbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae48ea {
  color: #ae48ea;
}
Background
.bg-ae48ea {
  background-color: #ae48ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae48ea {
  border: 2px solid #ae48ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae48ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 72 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae48ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae48ea, #ea48d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae48ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 72 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.08 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.49 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.62 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.91 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.09 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.43 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.49 #51b715 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae48ea  rgb(174, 72, 234)  hsl(278, 79%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#84ea48  rgb(132, 234, 72)  hsl(98, 79%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#eaae48  rgb(234, 174, 72)  hsl(38, 79%, 60%)  Indian Yellow
#48eaae  rgb(72, 234, 174)  hsl(158, 79%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green