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#AE53DD

#ae53dd ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae53dd is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 32.55% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.27% cyan, 62.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 279.57°, with 66.99% saturation and 59.61% 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 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2041

Complementary

  1. #ae53dd
  2. #82dd53

Split complementary

  1. #ae53dd
  2. #c7dd53
  3. #53dd69

Analogous

  1. #6953dd
  2. #ae53dd
  3. #dd53c7

Triadic

  1. #ae53dd
  2. #ddae53
  3. #53ddae

Tetradic

  1. #ae53dd
  2. #dd5382
  3. #82dd53
  4. #53ddae

Square

  1. #ae53dd
  2. #dd6953
  3. #82dd53
  4. #53c7dd

Monochromatic

  1. #5c197e
  2. #8a26be
  3. #ae53dd
  4. #cc93ea
  5. #ead3f6

Shades

#ae53dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae53dd
  2. #9d4bc7
  3. #8b42b1
  4. #7a3a9b
  5. #683285
  6. #572a6f
  7. #462158
  8. #341942
  9. #23112c
  10. #110816
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae53dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae53dd
  2. #b664e0
  3. #be75e4
  4. #c687e7
  5. #ce98eb
  6. #d7a9ee
  7. #dfbaf1
  8. #e7cbf5
  9. #efddf8
  10. #f7eefc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae53dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae53dd
  2. #a958d4
  3. #a55cca
  4. #a061c1
  5. #9c65b8
  6. #976aaf
  7. #926ea5
  8. #8e739c
  9. #897793
  10. #857c89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #936eac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1578e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #487fda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a96d91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #746be0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e70db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab64b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae53dd {
  color: #ae53dd;
}
Background
.bg-ae53dd {
  background-color: #ae53dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae53dd {
  border: 2px solid #ae53dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae53dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 83 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae53dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae53dd, #dd53c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae53dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 83 221 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.32 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.71 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.35 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.28 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.49 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.93 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.45 #51ac22 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ae53dd  rgb(174, 83, 221)  hsl(280, 67%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#82dd53  rgb(130, 221, 83)  hsl(100, 67%, 60%)  Pastel Green
#ddae53  rgb(221, 174, 83)  hsl(40, 67%, 60%)  Indian Yellow
#53ddae  rgb(83, 221, 174)  hsl(160, 67%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine