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#AE28FA

#ae28fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ae28fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 15.69% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.4% cyan, 84% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 278.29°, with 95.45% saturation and 56.86% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.47.

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Relative luminance0.1742

Complementary

  1. #ae28fa
  2. #74fa28

Split complementary

  1. #ae28fa
  2. #ddfa28
  3. #28fa45

Analogous

  1. #4528fa
  2. #ae28fa
  3. #fa28dd

Triadic

  1. #ae28fa
  2. #faae28
  3. #28faae

Tetradic

  1. #ae28fa
  2. #fa2874
  3. #74fa28
  4. #28faae

Square

  1. #ae28fa
  2. #fa4528
  3. #74fa28
  4. #28ddfa

Monochromatic

  1. #570386
  2. #8705d1
  3. #ae28fa
  4. #ca73fc
  5. #e6befd

Shades

#ae28fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae28fa
  2. #9d24e1
  3. #8b20c8
  4. #7a1caf
  5. #681896
  6. #57147d
  7. #461064
  8. #340c4b
  9. #230832
  10. #110419
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae28fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae28fa
  2. #b63efb
  3. #be53fb
  4. #c669fc
  5. #ce7efc
  6. #d794fd
  7. #dfa9fd
  8. #e7bffe
  9. #efd4fe
  10. #f7eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae28fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae28fa
  2. #a931ee
  3. #a53ae2
  4. #a042d5
  5. #9c4bc9
  6. #9754bd
  7. #925db1
  8. #8e66a5
  9. #896e98
  10. #85778c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #747474 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f5eb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a26496 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b5bfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a5ff8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a752c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae28fa {
  color: #ae28fa;
}
Background
.bg-ae28fa {
  background-color: #ae28fa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ae28fa {
  border: 2px solid #ae28fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae28fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 40 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae28fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae28fa, #fa28dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae28fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 40 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.47 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.14 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.56 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.77 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.93 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 8.76 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.23 #51d705 Inverted #747474 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ae28fa  rgb(174, 40, 250)  hsl(278, 95%, 57%)  Electric Purple
#74fa28  rgb(116, 250, 40)  hsl(98, 95%, 57%)  Lawn Green
#faae28  rgb(250, 174, 40)  hsl(38, 95%, 57%)  Pastel Orange
#28faae  rgb(40, 250, 174)  hsl(158, 95%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green