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#ae4fdf ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae4fdf is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 30.98% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.97% cyan, 64.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 279.58°, with 69.23% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.84.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1992

Complementary

  1. #ae4fdf
  2. #80df4f

Split complementary

  1. #ae4fdf
  2. #c8df4f
  3. #4fdf66

Analogous

  1. #664fdf
  2. #ae4fdf
  3. #df4fc8

Triadic

  1. #ae4fdf
  2. #dfae4f
  3. #4fdfae

Tetradic

  1. #ae4fdf
  2. #df4f80
  3. #80df4f
  4. #4fdfae

Square

  1. #ae4fdf
  2. #df664f
  3. #80df4f
  4. #4fc8df

Monochromatic

  1. #5b177e
  2. #8a23bf
  3. #ae4fdf
  4. #cc90eb
  5. #ead0f7

Shades

#ae4fdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae4fdf
  2. #9d47c9
  3. #8b3fb2
  4. #7a379c
  5. #682f86
  6. #572870
  7. #462059
  8. #341843
  9. #23102d
  10. #110816
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae4fdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae4fdf
  2. #b661e2
  3. #be72e5
  4. #c684e9
  5. #ce95ec
  6. #d7a7ef
  7. #dfb9f2
  8. #e7caf5
  9. #efdcf9
  10. #f7edfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae4fdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae4fdf
  2. #a954d6
  3. #a559cc
  4. #a05ec3
  5. #9c63b9
  6. #9768b0
  7. #926ca6
  8. #8e719d
  9. #897693
  10. #857b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #926cac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0077e3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #427ddc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7169e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c6edd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab61b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae4fdf {
  color: #ae4fdf;
}
Background
.bg-ae4fdf {
  background-color: #ae4fdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae4fdf {
  border: 2px solid #ae4fdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae4fdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 79 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 69% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae4fdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae4fdf, #df4fc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae4fdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 79 223 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.84 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.30 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.59 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.28 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.29 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.03 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.63 #51b020 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ae4fdf  rgb(174, 79, 223)  hsl(280, 69%, 59%)  Medium Orchid
#80df4f  rgb(128, 223, 79)  hsl(100, 69%, 59%)  Pastel Green
#dfae4f  rgb(223, 174, 79)  hsl(40, 69%, 59%)  Indian Yellow
#4fdfae  rgb(79, 223, 174)  hsl(160, 69%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine