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Recognised as Colour

#AC5EFD

  • #AC5EFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AC5EFD is a violet with RGB values 172, 94, 253 and HSL 269°, 98%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AC5EFD#AC5EFD
HEX#AC5EFD
RGBrgb(172, 94, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.3686, 0.9922
RGB percentages67.5%, 36.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(269.4, 97.5%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.4, 62.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK32%, 62.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,296,509
CSS custom property--colour: #AC5EFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#53A102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0085FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B86F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#9C80A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15.2Blue violet · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 20Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2Dark violet · ΔE 22.9Slate blue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 15.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFFD5E
Analogous#5E5FFD, #FC5EFD
Triadic#FDAC5E, #5EFDAC
Split complementary#FDFC5E, #5FFD5E
Tetradic#FD5E5F, #AFFD5E, #5EFDFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF5FF
Lighter +20%#E0C3FE
Lighter +10%#C690FE
Darker −10%#922CFC
Darker −20%#7803F2
Darker −30%#5F02C0
Darker −40%#46028D
More saturated +25%#AC5CFF
Less saturated −25%#AC72E9

Channel breakdown

R172
G94
B253
Red172 (67.5%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue269.43°
Saturation (HSL)97.55%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G 5E · B FD

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