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#AE6DF9

#ae6df9 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae6df9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 42.75% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.12% cyan, 56.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 267.86°, with 92.11% saturation and 70.2% 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 6.36:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.06.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2678

Complementary

  1. #ae6df9
  2. #b8f96d

Split complementary

  1. #ae6df9
  2. #f9f46d
  3. #72f96d

Analogous

  1. #6d72f9
  2. #ae6df9
  3. #f46df9

Triadic

  1. #ae6df9
  2. #f9ae6d
  3. #6df9ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae6df9
  2. #f96db8
  3. #b8f96d
  4. #6df9ae

Square

  1. #ae6df9
  2. #f96d72
  3. #b8f96d
  4. #6df9f4

Monochromatic

  1. #6008c5
  2. #8524f6
  3. #ae6df9
  4. #d7b6fc
  5. #f4ebfe

Shades

#ae6df9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae6df9
  2. #9d62e0
  3. #8b57c7
  4. #7a4cae
  5. #684195
  6. #57377d
  7. #462c64
  8. #34214b
  9. #231632
  10. #110b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae6df9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae6df9
  2. #b67cfa
  3. #be8afa
  4. #c699fb
  5. #cea7fb
  6. #d7b6fc
  7. #dfc5fd
  8. #e7d3fd
  9. #efe2fe
  10. #f7f0fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae6df9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae6df9
  2. #a96fed
  3. #a571e1
  4. #a073d5
  5. #9c75c9
  6. #9777bd
  7. #9278b0
  8. #8e7aa4
  9. #897c98
  10. #857e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b82c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #328cfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b8df6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a089a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7881fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f81f7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a67fce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae6df9 {
  color: #ae6df9;
}
Background
.bg-ae6df9 {
  background-color: #ae6df9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae6df9 {
  border: 2px solid #ae6df9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae6df9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 109 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 92% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae6df9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae6df9, #f46df9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae6df9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 109 249 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.06 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.05 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.53 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.53 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.82 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.31 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.70 #519206 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ae6df9  rgb(174, 109, 249)  hsl(268, 92%, 70%)  Medium Purple
#b8f96d  rgb(184, 249, 109)  hsl(88, 92%, 70%)  Inchworm
#f9ae6d  rgb(249, 174, 109)  hsl(28, 92%, 70%)  Sandy Brown
#6df9ae  rgb(109, 249, 174)  hsl(148, 92%, 70%)  Medium Spring Green