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#AE63EA

#ae63ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae63ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 38.82% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 57.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 273.33°, with 76.27% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.45.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2386

Complementary

  1. #ae63ea
  2. #9fea63

Split complementary

  1. #ae63ea
  2. #e3ea63
  3. #63ea6a

Analogous

  1. #6a63ea
  2. #ae63ea
  3. #ea63e3

Triadic

  1. #ae63ea
  2. #eaae63
  3. #63eaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae63ea
  2. #ea639f
  3. #9fea63
  4. #63eaae

Square

  1. #ae63ea
  2. #ea6a63
  3. #9fea63
  4. #63e3ea

Monochromatic

  1. #62159f
  2. #8b20e1
  3. #ae63ea
  4. #d1a6f3
  5. #f4eafc

Shades

#ae63ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae63ea
  2. #9d59d3
  3. #8b4fbb
  4. #7a45a4
  5. #683b8c
  6. #573275
  7. #46285e
  8. #341e46
  9. #23142f
  10. #110a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae63ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae63ea
  2. #b673ec
  3. #be82ee
  4. #c692f0
  5. #cea1f2
  6. #d7b1f5
  7. #dfc1f7
  8. #e7d0f9
  9. #efe0fb
  10. #f7effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae63ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae63ea
  2. #a966df
  3. #a569d5
  4. #a06cca
  5. #9c6fc0
  6. #9772b5
  7. #9274aa
  8. #8e77a0
  9. #897a95
  10. #857d8b
  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 #987ab7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2e83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e87e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a57d9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7778ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #807ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a873c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae63ea {
  color: #ae63ea;
}
Background
.bg-ae63ea {
  background-color: #ae63ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae63ea {
  border: 2px solid #ae63ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae63ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 99 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae63ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae63ea, #ea63e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae63ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 99 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.45 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.48 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.08 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.64 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.65 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.68 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.03 #519c15 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#ae63ea  rgb(174, 99, 234)  hsl(273, 76%, 65%)  Amethyst
#9fea63  rgb(159, 234, 99)  hsl(93, 76%, 65%)  Inchworm
#eaae63  rgb(234, 174, 99)  hsl(33, 76%, 65%)  Indian Yellow
#63eaae  rgb(99, 234, 174)  hsl(153, 76%, 65%)  Aquamarine