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Recognised as Colour

#AE20EB

  • #AE20EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AE20EB is a violet with RGB values 174, 32, 235 and HSL 282°, 84%, 52%. 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

#AE20EB#AE20EB
HEX#AE20EB
RGBrgb(174, 32, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1255, 0.9216
RGB percentages68.2%, 12.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(282, 83.5%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282, 86.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK26%, 86.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,411,691
CSS custom property--colour: #AE20EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#51DF14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A65A8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.3Blue violet · ΔE 11.4Dark orchid · ΔE 19Fuchsia · ΔE 25.3Magenta · ΔE 25.3Medium blue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5DEB20
Analogous#4820EB, #EB20C3
Triadic#EBAE20, #20EBAE
Split complementary#C3EB20, #20EB48
Tetradic#EB4820, #5DEB20, #20C3EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2DBFC
Lighter +30%#E1ACF8
Lighter +20%#D07EF3
Lighter +10%#BF4FEF
Darker −10%#9012C6
Darker −20%#6E0E97
Darker −30%#4C0969
Darker −40%#2A053A
More saturated +25%#B60CFF
Less saturated −25%#A23ECD

Channel breakdown

R174
G32
B235
Red174 (68.2%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue281.97°
Saturation (HSL)83.54%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 20 · B EB

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