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Recognised as Colour

#AE20F8

  • #AE20F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AE20F8 is a violet with RGB values 174, 32, 248 and HSL 279°, 94%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AE20F8#AE20F8
HEX#AE20F8
RGBrgb(174, 32, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1255, 0.9725
RGB percentages68.2%, 12.5%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(279.4, 93.9%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.4, 87.1%, 97.3%)
CMYK29.8%, 87.1%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,411,704
CSS custom property--colour: #AE20F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#51DF07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A26194no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.5Blue violet · ΔE 13.9Dark orchid · ΔE 24.7Fuchsia · ΔE 26.2Magenta · ΔE 26.2Medium blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AF820
Analogous#4220F8, #F820D6
Triadic#F8AE20, #20F8AE
Split complementary#D6F820, #20F842
Tetradic#F84220, #6AF820, #20D6F8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E6FE
Lighter +30%#E4B4FD
Lighter +20%#D283FB
Lighter +10%#C051FA
Darker −10%#9407DE
Darker −20%#7305AD
Darker −30%#52047B
Darker −40%#31024A
More saturated +25%#B019FF
Less saturated −25%#A53DDB

Channel breakdown

R174
G32
B248
Red174 (68.2%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue279.44°
Saturation (HSL)93.91%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 20 · B F8

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