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#AE59EA

#ae59ea ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae59ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 275.17°, with 77.54% saturation and 63.33% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 4.76.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2208

Complementary

  1. #ae59ea
  2. #95ea59

Split complementary

  1. #ae59ea
  2. #deea59
  3. #59ea65

Analogous

  1. #6559ea
  2. #ae59ea
  3. #ea59de

Triadic

  1. #ae59ea
  2. #eaae59
  3. #59eaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae59ea
  2. #ea5995
  3. #95ea59
  4. #59eaae

Square

  1. #ae59ea
  2. #ea6559
  3. #95ea59
  4. #59deea

Monochromatic

  1. #601397
  2. #8c1cdb
  3. #ae59ea
  4. #cf9df3
  5. #f0e1fb

Shades

#ae59ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae59ea
  2. #9d50d3
  3. #8b47bb
  4. #7a3ea4
  5. #68358c
  6. #572d75
  7. #46245e
  8. #341b46
  9. #23122f
  10. #110917
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae59ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae59ea
  2. #b66aec
  3. #be7aee
  4. #c68bf0
  5. #ce9bf2
  6. #d7acf5
  7. #dfbdf7
  8. #e7cdf9
  9. #efdefb
  10. #f7eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae59ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae59ea
  2. #a95ddf
  3. #a561d5
  4. #a065ca
  5. #9c69c0
  6. #976db5
  7. #9270aa
  8. #8e74a0
  9. #897895
  10. #857c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9573b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #037eef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4282e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5769a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7371ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c74e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a96cbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae59ea {
  color: #ae59ea;
}
Background
.bg-ae59ea {
  background-color: #ae59ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae59ea {
  border: 2px solid #ae59ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae59ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 78% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae59ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae59ea, #ea59de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae59ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.76 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.86 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.33 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 7.96 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.64 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.92 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.54 #51a615 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ae59ea  rgb(174, 89, 234)  hsl(275, 78%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#95ea59  rgb(149, 234, 89)  hsl(95, 78%, 63%)  Inchworm
#eaae59  rgb(234, 174, 89)  hsl(35, 78%, 63%)  Indian Yellow
#59eaae  rgb(89, 234, 174)  hsl(155, 78%, 63%)  Aquamarine