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#AE5CFF

#ae5cff ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae5cff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 36.08% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.76% cyan, 63.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 270.18°, with 100% saturation and 68.04% 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 5.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 7.55.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2387

Complementary

  1. #ae5cff
  2. #adff5c

Split complementary

  1. #ae5cff
  2. #ffff5c
  3. #5cff5c

Analogous

  1. #5c5cff
  2. #ae5cff
  3. #ff5cff

Triadic

  1. #ae5cff
  2. #ffae5c
  3. #5cffae

Tetradic

  1. #ae5cff
  2. #ff5cad
  3. #adff5c
  4. #5cffae

Square

  1. #ae5cff
  2. #ff5c5c
  3. #adff5c
  4. #5cffff

Monochromatic

  1. #6200c2
  2. #8810ff
  3. #ae5cff
  4. #d4a9ff
  5. #f5ebff

Shades

#ae5cff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae5cff
  2. #9d53e6
  3. #8b4acc
  4. #7a40b3
  5. #683799
  6. #572e80
  7. #462566
  8. #341c4d
  9. #231233
  10. #11091a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae5cff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae5cff
  2. #b66cff
  3. #be7dff
  4. #c68dff
  5. #ce9dff
  6. #d7aeff
  7. #dfbeff
  8. #e7ceff
  9. #efdeff
  10. #f7efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae5cff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae5cff
  2. #a960f2
  3. #a563e6
  4. #a067d9
  5. #9c6acc
  6. #976ec0
  7. #9272b3
  8. #8e75a6
  9. #897999
  10. #857c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9877c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0084ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2686fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f7fa6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d76ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7677fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a573d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae5cff {
  color: #ae5cff;
}
Background
.bg-ae5cff {
  background-color: #ae5cff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae5cff {
  border: 2px solid #ae5cff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae5cff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 92 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 100% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae5cff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae5cff, #ff5cff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae5cff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 92 255 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.55 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.59 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.84 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.81 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.18 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.08 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.55 #51a300 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ae5cff  rgb(174, 92, 255)  hsl(270, 100%, 68%)  Medium Orchid
#adff5c  rgb(173, 255, 92)  hsl(90, 100%, 68%)  Green Yellow
#ffae5c  rgb(255, 174, 92)  hsl(30, 100%, 68%)  Neon Carrot
#5cffae  rgb(92, 255, 174)  hsl(150, 100%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green