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#AE51E1

#ae51e1 ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae51e1 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 31.76% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.67% cyan, 64% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 278.75°, with 70.59% 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 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.87.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2032

Complementary

  1. #ae51e1
  2. #84e151

Split complementary

  1. #ae51e1
  2. #cce151
  3. #51e166

Analogous

  1. #6651e1
  2. #ae51e1
  3. #e151cc

Triadic

  1. #ae51e1
  2. #e1ae51
  3. #51e1ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae51e1
  2. #e15184
  3. #84e151
  4. #51e1ae

Square

  1. #ae51e1
  2. #e16651
  3. #84e151
  4. #51cce1

Monochromatic

  1. #5c1683
  2. #8a22c4
  3. #ae51e1
  4. #cc92ec
  5. #ebd3f8

Shades

#ae51e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae51e1
  2. #9d49cb
  3. #8b41b4
  4. #7a399e
  5. #683187
  6. #572971
  7. #46205a
  8. #341844
  9. #23102d
  10. #110817
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae51e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae51e1
  2. #b662e4
  3. #be74e7
  4. #c685ea
  5. #ce97ed
  6. #d7a8f0
  7. #dfb9f3
  8. #e7cbf6
  9. #efdcf9
  10. #f7eefc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae51e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae51e1
  2. #a956d7
  3. #a55ace
  4. #a05fc4
  5. #9c64ba
  6. #9769b1
  7. #926da7
  8. #8e729d
  9. #897793
  10. #857b8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #936eae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0078e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #427ede ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86e92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #726be4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c6fdf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa63b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae51e1 {
  color: #ae51e1;
}
Background
.bg-ae51e1 {
  background-color: #ae51e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae51e1 {
  border: 2px solid #ae51e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae51e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 81 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 71% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae51e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae51e1, #e151cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae51e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 81 225 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.87 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.11 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 6.80 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.65 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.69 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.76 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.91 #51ae1e Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ae51e1  rgb(174, 81, 225)  hsl(279, 71%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#84e151  rgb(132, 225, 81)  hsl(99, 71%, 60%)  Inchworm
#e1ae51  rgb(225, 174, 81)  hsl(39, 71%, 60%)  Indian Yellow
#51e1ae  rgb(81, 225, 174)  hsl(159, 71%, 60%)  Caribbean Green