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#AE6FFA

#ae6ffa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae6ffa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 43.53% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.4% cyan, 55.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 267.19°, with 93.29% saturation and 70.78% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.45:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.11.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2727

Complementary

  1. #ae6ffa
  2. #bbfa6f

Split complementary

  1. #ae6ffa
  2. #faf36f
  3. #75fa6f

Analogous

  1. #6f75fa
  2. #ae6ffa
  3. #f36ffa

Triadic

  1. #ae6ffa
  2. #faae6f
  3. #6ffaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae6ffa
  2. #fa6fbb
  3. #bbfa6f
  4. #6ffaae

Square

  1. #ae6ffa
  2. #fa6f75
  3. #bbfa6f
  4. #6ffaf3

Monochromatic

  1. #5f07c9
  2. #8425f7
  3. #ae6ffa
  4. #d8b9fd
  5. #f4ebfe

Shades

#ae6ffa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae6ffa
  2. #9d64e1
  3. #8b59c8
  4. #7a4eaf
  5. #684396
  6. #57387d
  7. #462c64
  8. #34214b
  9. #231632
  10. #110b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae6ffa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae6ffa
  2. #b67dfb
  3. #be8cfb
  4. #c69afc
  5. #cea9fc
  6. #d7b7fd
  7. #dfc5fd
  8. #e7d4fe
  9. #efe2fe
  10. #f7f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae6ffa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae6ffa
  2. #a971ee
  3. #a572e2
  4. #a074d5
  5. #9c76c9
  6. #9778bd
  7. #9279b1
  8. #8e7ba5
  9. #897d98
  10. #857e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c83c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #358dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d8ef7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f8aaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7982fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f83f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a580cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae6ffa {
  color: #ae6ffa;
}
Background
.bg-ae6ffa {
  background-color: #ae6ffa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae6ffa {
  border: 2px solid #ae6ffa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae6ffa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 111 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae6ffa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae6ffa, #f36ffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae6ffa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 111 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.11 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.89 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.80 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.74 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.95 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.40 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.75 #519005 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ae6ffa  rgb(174, 111, 250)  hsl(267, 93%, 71%)  Medium Purple
#bbfa6f  rgb(187, 250, 111)  hsl(87, 93%, 71%)  Inchworm
#faae6f  rgb(250, 174, 111)  hsl(27, 93%, 71%)  Sandy Brown
#6ffaae  rgb(111, 250, 174)  hsl(147, 93%, 71%)  Medium Spring Green