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#ae5dfd ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae5dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 36.47% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.23% cyan, 63.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 270.38°, with 97.56% saturation and 67.84% 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 5.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 7.35.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2392

Complementary

  1. #ae5dfd
  2. #acfd5d

Split complementary

  1. #ae5dfd
  2. #fcfd5d
  3. #5dfd5e

Analogous

  1. #5e5dfd
  2. #ae5dfd
  3. #fd5dfc

Triadic

  1. #ae5dfd
  2. #fdae5d
  3. #5dfdae

Tetradic

  1. #ae5dfd
  2. #fd5dac
  3. #acfd5d
  4. #5dfdae

Square

  1. #ae5dfd
  2. #fd5e5d
  3. #acfd5d
  4. #5dfcfd

Monochromatic

  1. #6202bf
  2. #8811fc
  3. #ae5dfd
  4. #d4a9fe
  5. #f5ebff

Shades

#ae5dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae5dfd
  2. #9d54e4
  3. #8b4aca
  4. #7a41b1
  5. #683898
  6. #572f7f
  7. #462565
  8. #341c4c
  9. #231333
  10. #110919
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae5dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae5dfd
  2. #b66dfd
  3. #be7dfd
  4. #c68efe
  5. #ce9efe
  6. #d7aefe
  7. #dfbefe
  8. #e7cefe
  9. #efdfff
  10. #f7efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae5dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae5dfd
  2. #a961f1
  3. #a564e4
  4. #a068d8
  5. #9c6bcb
  6. #976fbf
  7. #9272b2
  8. #8e76a6
  9. #897999
  10. #857d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9878c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0084ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2d86f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f7fa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e77ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7778fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a573ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae5dfd {
  color: #ae5dfd;
}
Background
.bg-ae5dfd {
  background-color: #ae5dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae5dfd {
  border: 2px solid #ae5dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae5dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 93 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 98% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae5dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae5dfd, #fd5dfc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae5dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 93 253 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.35 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.38 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.60 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.94 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.16 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.80 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.41 #51a202 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#ae5dfd  rgb(174, 93, 253)  hsl(270, 98%, 68%)  Medium Orchid
#acfd5d  rgb(172, 253, 93)  hsl(90, 98%, 68%)  Green Yellow
#fdae5d  rgb(253, 174, 93)  hsl(30, 98%, 68%)  Neon Carrot
#5dfdae  rgb(93, 253, 174)  hsl(150, 98%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green