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Recognised as Colour

#AE28D5

  • #AE28D5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AE28D5 is a violet with RGB values 174, 40, 213 and HSL 286°, 68%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AE28D5#AE28D5
HEX#AE28D5
RGBrgb(174, 40, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1569, 0.8353
RGB percentages68.2%, 15.7%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(286.5, 68.4%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.5, 81.2%, 83.5%)
CMYK18.3%, 81.2%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,413,717
CSS custom property--colour: #AE28D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.17:1
Contrast with white5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#51D72A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#2971D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AC5281no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9Dark violet · ΔE 11.9Blue violet · ΔE 15Medium orchid · ΔE 21.2Dark magenta · ΔE 28.1Fuchsia · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4FD528
Analogous#5828D5, #D528A5
Triadic#D5AE28, #28D5AE
Split complementary#A5D528, #28D557
Tetradic#D55828, #4FD528, #28A6D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EED2F7
Lighter +30%#DFA7EF
Lighter +20%#CF7DE6
Lighter +10%#BF52DE
Darker −10%#8B20AA
Darker −20%#68187F
Darker −30%#451054
Darker −40%#220829
More saturated +25%#BF08F5
Less saturated −25%#9D48B5

Channel breakdown

R174
G40
B213
Red174 (68.2%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue286.47°
Saturation (HSL)68.38%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 28 · B D5

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