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Recognised as Colour

#AC46F0

  • #AC46F0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#AC46F0 is a violet with RGB values 172, 70, 240 and HSL 276°, 85%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AC46F0#AC46F0
HEX#AC46F0
RGBrgb(172, 70, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.2745, 0.9412
RGB percentages67.5%, 27.5%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(276, 85%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 70.8%, 94.1%)
CMYK28.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,290,352
CSS custom property--colour: #AC46F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#53B90F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#117BECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A16D97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.5Dark orchid · ΔE 11.5Dark violet · ΔE 14.3Medium orchid · ΔE 22.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AF046
Analogous#5746F0, #F046DF
Triadic#F0AC46, #46F0AC
Split complementary#DFF046, #46F057
Tetradic#F05746, #8AF046, #46DFF0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBD4FB
Lighter +20%#D6A4F8
Lighter +10%#C175F4
Darker −10%#9717EC
Darker −20%#7A10C0
Darker −30%#5C0C91
Darker −40%#3E0862
More saturated +25%#AF37FF
Less saturated −25%#A75FD7

Channel breakdown

R172
G70
B240
Red172 (67.5%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)85%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G 46 · B F0

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