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#AA4EEF

#aa4eef ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#aa4eef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 30.59% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.87% cyan, 67.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 274.29°, with 83.42% saturation and 62.16% 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.96.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2023

Complementary

  1. #aa4eef
  2. #93ef4e

Split complementary

  1. #aa4eef
  2. #e3ef4e
  3. #4eef5a

Analogous

  1. #5a4eef
  2. #aa4eef
  3. #ef4ee3

Triadic

  1. #aa4eef
  2. #efaa4e
  3. #4eefaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa4eef
  2. #ef4e93
  3. #93ef4e
  4. #4eefaa

Square

  1. #aa4eef
  2. #ef5a4e
  3. #93ef4e
  4. #4ee3ef

Monochromatic

  1. #5c0e96
  2. #8714dd
  3. #aa4eef
  4. #cc94f5
  5. #eddafc

Shades

#aa4eef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa4eef
  2. #9946d7
  3. #883ebf
  4. #7737a7
  5. #662f8f
  6. #552778
  7. #441f60
  8. #331748
  9. #221030
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa4eef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa4eef
  2. #b360f1
  3. #bb71f2
  4. #c483f4
  5. #cc95f5
  6. #d5a7f7
  7. #ddb8f9
  8. #e6cafa
  9. #eedcfc
  10. #f7edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa4eef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa4eef
  2. #a653e4
  3. #a258d9
  4. #9d5dce
  5. #9962c3
  6. #9567b8
  7. #916cac
  8. #8d71a1
  9. #887696
  10. #847b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #916db6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079f4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #237dec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f7299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #686af2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #736ded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a365c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa4eef {
  color: #aa4eef;
}
Background
.bg-aa4eef {
  background-color: #aa4eef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa4eef {
  border: 2px solid #aa4eef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa4eef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 78 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa4eef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa4eef, #ef4ee3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa4eef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 78 239 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.96 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.07 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.15 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.63 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.73 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.87 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.85 #55b110 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#aa4eef  rgb(170, 78, 239)  hsl(274, 83%, 62%)  Electric Purple
#93ef4e  rgb(147, 239, 78)  hsl(94, 83%, 62%)  Inchworm
#efaa4e  rgb(239, 170, 78)  hsl(34, 83%, 62%)  Indian Yellow
#4eefaa  rgb(78, 239, 170)  hsl(154, 83%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green