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Recognised as Colour

#AC42EC

  • #AC42EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AC42EC is a violet with RGB values 172, 66, 236 and HSL 277°, 82%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AC42EC#AC42EC
HEX#AC42EC
RGBrgb(172, 66, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.2588, 0.9255
RGB percentages67.5%, 25.9%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(277.4, 81.7%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.4, 72%, 92.5%)
CMYK27.1%, 72%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,289,324
CSS custom property--colour: #AC42EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.74:1
Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#53BD13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#1479E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A36994no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.6Blue violet · ΔE 11.3Dark violet · ΔE 13.4Medium orchid · ΔE 22.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.3Fuchsia · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82EC42
Analogous#5742EC, #EC42D7
Triadic#ECAC42, #42ECAC
Split complementary#D7EC42, #42EC57
Tetradic#EC5742, #82EC42, #42D7EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#E9CDFA
Lighter +20%#D59FF5
Lighter +10%#C070F1
Darker −10%#9717E4
Darker −20%#7812B6
Darker −30%#5A0E87
Darker −40%#3B0959
More saturated +25%#B12FFF
Less saturated −25%#A65CD2

Channel breakdown

R172
G66
B236
Red172 (67.5%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue277.41°
Saturation (HSL)81.73%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G 42 · B EC

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