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#AE66EA

#ae66ea ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae66ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 272.73°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% 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 5.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 5.48.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2444

Complementary

  1. #ae66ea
  2. #a2ea66

Split complementary

  1. #ae66ea
  2. #e4ea66
  3. #66ea6c

Analogous

  1. #6c66ea
  2. #ae66ea
  3. #ea66e4

Triadic

  1. #ae66ea
  2. #eaae66
  3. #66eaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae66ea
  2. #ea66a2
  3. #a2ea66
  4. #66eaae

Square

  1. #ae66ea
  2. #ea6c66
  3. #a2ea66
  4. #66e4ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6216a1
  2. #8a23e1
  3. #ae66ea
  4. #d2a9f3
  5. #f5edfc

Shades

#ae66ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae66ea
  2. #9d5cd3
  3. #8b52bb
  4. #7a47a4
  5. #683d8c
  6. #573375
  7. #46295e
  8. #341f46
  9. #23142f
  10. #110a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae66ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae66ea
  2. #b675ec
  3. #be85ee
  4. #c694f0
  5. #cea3f2
  6. #d7b3f5
  7. #dfc2f7
  8. #e7d1f9
  9. #efe0fb
  10. #f7f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae66ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae66ea
  2. #a969df
  3. #a56bd5
  4. #a06eca
  5. #9c70c0
  6. #9773b5
  7. #9276aa
  8. #8e78a0
  9. #897b95
  10. #857d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #987bb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3585ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5188e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a57f9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #797aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #817ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a876c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae66ea {
  color: #ae66ea;
}
Background
.bg-ae66ea {
  background-color: #ae66ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae66ea {
  border: 2px solid #ae66ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae66ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae66ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae66ea, #ea66e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae66ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.48 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.79 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.86 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.03 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.34 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.65 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.69 #519915 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#ae66ea  rgb(174, 102, 234)  hsl(273, 76%, 66%)  Amethyst
#a2ea66  rgb(162, 234, 102)  hsl(93, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#eaae66  rgb(234, 174, 102)  hsl(33, 76%, 66%)  Indian Yellow
#66eaae  rgb(102, 234, 174)  hsl(153, 76%, 66%)  Aquamarine