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#AE5EEF

#ae5eef ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae5eef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 36.86% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.2% cyan, 60.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 273.1°, with 81.92% saturation and 65.29% 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 5.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.64.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2324

Complementary

  1. #ae5eef
  2. #9fef5e

Split complementary

  1. #ae5eef
  2. #e8ef5e
  3. #5eef65

Analogous

  1. #655eef
  2. #ae5eef
  3. #ef5ee8

Triadic

  1. #ae5eef
  2. #efae5e
  3. #5eefae

Tetradic

  1. #ae5eef
  2. #ef5e9f
  3. #9fef5e
  4. #5eefae

Square

  1. #ae5eef
  2. #ef655e
  3. #9fef5e
  4. #5ee8ef

Monochromatic

  1. #6210a4
  2. #8b18e8
  3. #ae5eef
  4. #d1a4f6
  5. #f4e9fd

Shades

#ae5eef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae5eef
  2. #9d55d7
  3. #8b4bbf
  4. #7a42a7
  5. #68388f
  6. #572f78
  7. #462660
  8. #341c48
  9. #231330
  10. #110918
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae5eef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae5eef
  2. #b66ef1
  3. #be7ef2
  4. #c68ef4
  5. #ce9ef5
  6. #d7aff7
  7. #dfbff9
  8. #e7cffa
  9. #efdffc
  10. #f7effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae5eef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae5eef
  2. #a961e4
  3. #a565d9
  4. #a068ce
  5. #9c6cc3
  6. #976fb8
  7. #9272ac
  8. #8e76a1
  9. #897996
  10. #857d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9777b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1182f4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4285ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a37b9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7375f2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c77ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a871c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae5eef {
  color: #ae5eef;
}
Background
.bg-ae5eef {
  background-color: #ae5eef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae5eef {
  border: 2px solid #ae5eef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae5eef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 94 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 82% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae5eef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae5eef, #ef5ee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae5eef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 94 239 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.64 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.06 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.73 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.87 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.93 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.49 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.26 #51a110 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ae5eef  rgb(174, 94, 239)  hsl(273, 82%, 65%)  Medium Orchid
#9fef5e  rgb(159, 239, 94)  hsl(93, 82%, 65%)  Inchworm
#efae5e  rgb(239, 174, 94)  hsl(33, 82%, 65%)  Indian Yellow
#5eefae  rgb(94, 239, 174)  hsl(153, 82%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green