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#AE5BDB

#ae5bdb ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae5bdb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 35.69% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.55% cyan, 58.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 278.91°, with 64% saturation and 60.78% 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 5.32:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.216

Complementary

  1. #ae5bdb
  2. #88db5b

Split complementary

  1. #ae5bdb
  2. #c8db5b
  3. #5bdb6e

Analogous

  1. #6e5bdb
  2. #ae5bdb
  3. #db5bc8

Triadic

  1. #ae5bdb
  2. #dbae5b
  3. #5bdbae

Tetradic

  1. #ae5bdb
  2. #db5b88
  3. #88db5b
  4. #5bdbae

Square

  1. #ae5bdb
  2. #db6e5b
  3. #88db5b
  4. #5bc8db

Monochromatic

  1. #5d1c81
  2. #8b2abf
  3. #ae5bdb
  4. #cd9ae9
  5. #ecd8f7

Shades

#ae5bdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae5bdb
  2. #9d52c5
  3. #8b49af
  4. #7a4099
  5. #683783
  6. #572e6e
  7. #462458
  8. #341b42
  9. #23122c
  10. #110916
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae5bdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae5bdb
  2. #b66bdf
  3. #be7ce2
  4. #c68ce6
  5. #ce9de9
  6. #d7aded
  7. #dfbdf1
  8. #e7cef4
  9. #efdef8
  10. #f7effb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae5bdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae5bdb
  2. #a95fd2
  3. #a562c9
  4. #a066c0
  5. #9c6ab7
  6. #976eae
  7. #9271a4
  8. #8e759b
  9. #897992
  10. #857c89
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9573ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #307cdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5282d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a97293 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7870dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8174d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab6ab4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae5bdb {
  color: #ae5bdb;
}
Background
.bg-ae5bdb {
  background-color: #ae5bdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae5bdb {
  border: 2px solid #ae5bdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae5bdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 91 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 64% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae5bdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae5bdb, #db5bc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae5bdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 91 219 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 3.00 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.73 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.40 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.79 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.90 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.95 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.52 #51a424 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ae5bdb  rgb(174, 91, 219)  hsl(279, 64%, 61%)  Medium Orchid
#88db5b  rgb(136, 219, 91)  hsl(99, 64%, 61%)  Pastel Green
#dbae5b  rgb(219, 174, 91)  hsl(39, 64%, 61%)  Indian Yellow
#5bdbae  rgb(91, 219, 174)  hsl(159, 64%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine