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#AE4EF8

#ae4ef8 ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae4ef8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 30.59% green and 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.84% cyan, 68.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 273.88°, with 92.39% saturation and 63.92% 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 5.24:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 6.01.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2122

Complementary

  1. #ae4ef8
  2. #98f84e

Split complementary

  1. #ae4ef8
  2. #edf84e
  3. #4ef859

Analogous

  1. #594ef8
  2. #ae4ef8
  3. #f84eed

Triadic

  1. #ae4ef8
  2. #f8ae4e
  3. #4ef8ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae4ef8
  2. #f84e98
  3. #98f84e
  4. #4ef8ae

Square

  1. #ae4ef8
  2. #f8594e
  3. #98f84e
  4. #4eedf8

Monochromatic

  1. #6107a6
  2. #8c09f0
  3. #ae4ef8
  4. #d098fb
  5. #f1e1fe

Shades

#ae4ef8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae4ef8
  2. #9d46df
  3. #8b3ec6
  4. #7a37ae
  5. #682f95
  6. #57277c
  7. #461f63
  8. #34174a
  9. #231032
  10. #110819
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae4ef8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae4ef8
  2. #b660f9
  3. #be71f9
  4. #c683fa
  5. #ce95fb
  6. #d7a7fc
  7. #dfb8fc
  8. #e7cafd
  9. #efdcfe
  10. #f7edfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae4ef8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae4ef8
  2. #a953ec
  3. #a558e0
  4. #a05dd4
  5. #9c62c8
  6. #9767bc
  7. #926cb0
  8. #8e71a4
  9. #897698
  10. #857b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #946fbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1480f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1759e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #696cfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #746ff6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a767c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae4ef8 {
  color: #ae4ef8;
}
Background
.bg-ae4ef8 {
  background-color: #ae4ef8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae4ef8 {
  border: 2px solid #ae4ef8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae4ef8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 78 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 92% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae4ef8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae4ef8, #f84eed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae4ef8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 78 248 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.01 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.55 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.91 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.98 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.17 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.03 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.12 #51b107 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae4ef8  rgb(174, 78, 248)  hsl(274, 92%, 64%)  Electric Purple
#98f84e  rgb(152, 248, 78)  hsl(94, 92%, 64%)  Lawn Green
#f8ae4e  rgb(248, 174, 78)  hsl(34, 92%, 64%)  Yellow Orange
#4ef8ae  rgb(78, 248, 174)  hsl(154, 92%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green