Recognised as Colour

#AE40FD

#AE40FD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#AE40FD is a violet with RGB values 174, 64, 253 and HSL 275°, 98%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#AE40FD#AE40FD

HEX#AE40FD

RGBrgb(174, 64, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.251, 0.9922

RGB percentages68.2%, 25.1%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(274.9, 97.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 74.7%, 99.2%)

CMYK31.2%, 74.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,419,901

CSS custom property--colour: #AE40FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.95:1

Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#51BF02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#007BF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A06F9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.2 Dark violet · ΔE 12.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7 Fuchsia · ΔE 29.2 Magenta · ΔE 29.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8FFD40

Analogous#5040FD, #FD40ED

Triadic#FDAE40, #40FDAE

Split complementary#EDFD40, #40FD50

Tetradic#FD5040, #8FFD40, #40EDFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EED7FF

Lighter +20%#D9A5FE

Lighter +10%#C372FE

Darker −10%#990EFC

Darker −20%#7D02D5

Darker −30%#5F02A2

Darker −40%#420170

More saturated +25%#AE3EFF

Less saturated −25%#AA58E5

Channel breakdown

R174

G64

B253

Red174 (68.2%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue274.92°

Saturation (HSL)97.93%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G 40 · B FD

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