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#ae6dfd ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ae6dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 42.75% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.23% cyan, 56.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 267.08°, with 97.3% saturation and 70.98% 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 6.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.36.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2703

Complementary

  1. #ae6dfd
  2. #bcfd6d

Split complementary

  1. #ae6dfd
  2. #fdf66d
  3. #74fd6d

Analogous

  1. #6d74fd
  2. #ae6dfd
  3. #f66dfd

Triadic

  1. #ae6dfd
  2. #fdae6d
  3. #6dfdae

Tetradic

  1. #ae6dfd
  2. #fd6dbc
  3. #bcfd6d
  4. #6dfdae

Square

  1. #ae6dfd
  2. #fd6d74
  3. #bcfd6d
  4. #6dfdf6

Monochromatic

  1. #5f03ce
  2. #8422fc
  3. #ae6dfd
  4. #d8b8fe
  5. #f4ebff

Shades

#ae6dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae6dfd
  2. #9d62e4
  3. #8b57ca
  4. #7a4cb1
  5. #684198
  6. #57377f
  7. #462c65
  8. #34214c
  9. #231633
  10. #110b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae6dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae6dfd
  2. #b67cfd
  3. #be8afd
  4. #c699fe
  5. #cea7fe
  6. #d7b6fe
  7. #dfc5fe
  8. #e7d3fe
  9. #efe2ff
  10. #f7f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae6dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae6dfd
  2. #a96ff1
  3. #a571e4
  4. #a073d8
  5. #9c75cb
  6. #9777bf
  7. #9278b2
  8. #8e7aa6
  9. #897c99
  10. #857e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c82c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2b8dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #478dfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9e8aab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7781ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e82fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a57fd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae6dfd {
  color: #ae6dfd;
}
Background
.bg-ae6dfd {
  background-color: #ae6dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae6dfd {
  border: 2px solid #ae6dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae6dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 109 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 97% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae6dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae6dfd, #f66dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae6dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 109 253 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.36 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.46 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.00 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.92 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.97 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.28 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 12.06 #519202 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#ae6dfd  rgb(174, 109, 253)  hsl(267, 97%, 71%)  Medium Purple
#bcfd6d  rgb(188, 253, 109)  hsl(87, 97%, 71%)  Inchworm
#fdae6d  rgb(253, 174, 109)  hsl(27, 97%, 71%)  Sandy Brown
#6dfdae  rgb(109, 253, 174)  hsl(147, 97%, 71%)  Medium Spring Green