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Recognised as Colour

#AC87EE

  • #AC87EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AC87EE is a violet with RGB values 172, 135, 238 and HSL 262°, 75%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AC87EE#AC87EE
HEX#AC87EE
RGBrgb(172, 135, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.5294, 0.9333
RGB percentages67.5%, 52.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(261.6, 75.2%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 43.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK27.7%, 43.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,306,990
CSS custom property--colour: #AC87EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.45:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#537811

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#699AF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7199EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9F99AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.3Slate blue · ΔE 21.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.5Orchid · ΔE 23.7Violet · ΔE 24.3Royal blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9EE87
Analogous#8795EE, #E087EE
Triadic#EEAC87, #87EEAC
Split complementary#EEE087, #95EE87
Tetradic#EE8796, #C9EE87, #87EEE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAE0FB
Lighter +10%#CBB4F4
Darker −10%#8D5AE8
Darker −20%#6E2EE1
Darker −30%#571BC1
Darker −40%#431594
More saturated +25%#A776FF
Less saturated −25%#B198DD

Channel breakdown

R172
G135
B238
Red172 (67.5%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue261.55°
Saturation (HSL)75.18%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G 87 · B EE

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