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Colour

#AC4EEA

  • #AC4EEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AC4EEA is a violet with RGB values 172, 78, 234 and HSL 276°, 79%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AC4EEA#AC4EEA
HEX#AC4EEA
RGBrgb(172, 78, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.3059, 0.9176
RGB percentages67.5%, 30.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(276.2, 78.8%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.2, 66.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK26.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,292,394
CSS custom property--colour: #AC4EEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#53B115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#307DE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A36F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.3Blue violet · ΔE 16.4Medium orchid · ΔE 16.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.8Slate blue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CEA4E
Analogous#5E4EEA, #EA4EDA
Triadic#EAAC4E, #4EEAAC
Split complementary#DAEA4E, #4EEA5E
Tetradic#EA5E4E, #8CEA4E, #4EDAEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECD7FA
Lighter +20%#D7A9F5
Lighter +10%#C17CEF
Darker −10%#9720E5
Darker −20%#7A16BC
Darker −30%#5C118E
Darker −40%#3F0B61
More saturated +25%#B039FF
Less saturated −25%#A767D1

Channel breakdown

R172
G78
B234
Red172 (67.5%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue276.15°
Saturation (HSL)78.79%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G 4E · B EA

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