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#AE4EEF

#ae4eef ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae4eef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 30.59% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.2% cyan, 67.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 275.78°, 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 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.56.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2068

Complementary

  1. #ae4eef
  2. #8fef4e

Split complementary

  1. #ae4eef
  2. #dfef4e
  3. #4eef5e

Analogous

  1. #5e4eef
  2. #ae4eef
  3. #ef4edf

Triadic

  1. #ae4eef
  2. #efae4e
  3. #4eefae

Tetradic

  1. #ae4eef
  2. #ef4e8f
  3. #8fef4e
  4. #4eefae

Square

  1. #ae4eef
  2. #ef5e4e
  3. #8fef4e
  4. #4edfef

Monochromatic

  1. #5f0e96
  2. #8c14dd
  3. #ae4eef
  4. #ce94f5
  5. #eedafc

Shades

#ae4eef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae4eef
  2. #9d46d7
  3. #8b3ebf
  4. #7a37a7
  5. #682f8f
  6. #572778
  7. #461f60
  8. #341748
  9. #231030
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae4eef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae4eef
  2. #b660f1
  3. #be71f2
  4. #c683f4
  5. #ce95f5
  6. #d7a7f7
  7. #dfb8f9
  8. #e7cafa
  9. #efdcfc
  10. #f7edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae4eef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae4eef
  2. #a953e4
  3. #a558d9
  4. #a05dce
  5. #9c62c3
  6. #9767b8
  7. #926cac
  8. #8e71a1
  9. #897696
  10. #857b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #936eb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007af4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2b7feb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a47199 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c6bf2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #776eed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a865c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae4eef {
  color: #ae4eef;
}
Background
.bg-ae4eef {
  background-color: #ae4eef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae4eef {
  border: 2px solid #ae4eef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae4eef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 78 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 83% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae4eef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae4eef, #ef4edf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae4eef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 78 239 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.56 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.92 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.24 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.90 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.08 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.27 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.36 #51b110 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ae4eef  rgb(174, 78, 239)  hsl(276, 83%, 62%)  Medium Orchid
#8fef4e  rgb(143, 239, 78)  hsl(96, 83%, 62%)  Inchworm
#efae4e  rgb(239, 174, 78)  hsl(36, 83%, 62%)  Indian Yellow
#4eefae  rgb(78, 239, 174)  hsl(156, 83%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green