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Recognised as Colour

#AC29EF

  • #AC29EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AC29EF is a violet with RGB values 172, 41, 239 and HSL 280°, 86%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AC29EF#AC29EF
HEX#AC29EF
RGBrgb(172, 41, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.1608, 0.9373
RGB percentages67.5%, 16.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(279.7, 86.1%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.7, 82.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK28%, 82.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,282,927
CSS custom property--colour: #AC29EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#53D610

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A25F90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.7Blue violet · ΔE 10.1Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7Fuchsia · ΔE 26.7Magenta · ΔE 26.7Medium blue · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6CEF29
Analogous#4929EF, #EF29CF
Triadic#EFAC29, #29EFAC
Split complementary#CFEF29, #29EF49
Tetradic#EF4929, #6CEF29, #29CFEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E7FD
Lighter +30%#E3B7FA
Lighter +20%#D188F6
Lighter +10%#BE58F3
Darker −10%#9210D5
Darker −20%#720CA6
Darker −30%#510976
Darker −40%#310547
More saturated +25%#B119FF
Less saturated −25%#A346D2

Channel breakdown

R172
G41
B239
Red172 (67.5%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue279.7°
Saturation (HSL)86.09%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G 29 · B EF

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