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Recognised as Colour

#AE2BE7

  • #AE2BE7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AE2BE7 is a violet with RGB values 174, 43, 231 and HSL 282°, 80%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AE2BE7#AE2BE7
HEX#AE2BE7
RGBrgb(174, 43, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.1686, 0.9059
RGB percentages68.2%, 16.9%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(281.8, 79.7%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.8, 81.4%, 90.6%)
CMYK24.7%, 81.4%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,414,503
CSS custom property--colour: #AE2BE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#51D418

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A75C8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.2Blue violet · ΔE 10.5Dark orchid · ΔE 14.6Fuchsia · ΔE 26.5Magenta · ΔE 26.5Medium orchid · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64E72B
Analogous#502BE7, #E72BC2
Triadic#E7AE2B, #2BE7AE
Split complementary#C2E72B, #2BE750
Tetradic#E7502B, #64E72B, #2BC2E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E2FC
Lighter +30%#E3B4F7
Lighter +20%#D187F1
Lighter +10%#C059EC
Darker −10%#9217C8
Darker −20%#71119B
Darker −30%#4F0C6D
Darker −40%#2E073F
More saturated +25%#B713FF
Less saturated −25%#A249CA

Channel breakdown

R174
G43
B231
Red174 (68.2%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue281.81°
Saturation (HSL)79.66%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 2B · B E7

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