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Recognised as Colour

#AE00FD

  • #AE00FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AE00FD is a violet with RGB values 174, 0, 253 and HSL 281°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AE00FD#AE00FD
HEX#AE00FD
RGBrgb(174, 0, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0, 0.9922
RGB percentages68.2%, 0%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(281.3, 100%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 100%, 99.2%)
CMYK31.2%, 100%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,403,517
CSS custom property--colour: #AE00FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.98:1
Contrast with white4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#51FF02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A15E95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Blue violet · ΔE 19.2Fuchsia · ΔE 27.2Magenta · ΔE 27.2Blue · ΔE 31Dark orchid · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4FFD00
Analogous#3000FD, #FD00CD
Triadic#FDAE00, #00FDAE
Split complementary#CDFD00, #00FD30
Tetradic#FD3000, #4FFD00, #00CDFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EECAFF
Lighter +30%#DF97FF
Lighter +20%#CF64FF
Lighter +10%#BF31FF
Darker −10%#8B00CA
Darker −20%#680097
Darker −30%#450064
Darker −40%#220031
More saturated +25%#AE00FD
Less saturated −25%#A220DD

Channel breakdown

R174
G0
B253
Red174 (68.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue281.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 00 · B FD

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