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Recognised as Colour

#AE41E7

  • #AE41E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AE41E7 is a violet with RGB values 174, 65, 231 and HSL 279°, 78%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AE41E7#AE41E7
HEX#AE41E7
RGBrgb(174, 65, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.2549, 0.9059
RGB percentages68.2%, 25.5%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(279.4, 77.6%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.4, 71.9%, 90.6%)
CMYK24.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,420,135
CSS custom property--colour: #AE41E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.71:1
Contrast with white4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#51BE18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#2579E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A76691no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.9Blue violet · ΔE 13.1Dark violet · ΔE 14.2Medium orchid · ΔE 20Medium slateblue · ΔE 28Fuchsia · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7AE741
Analogous#5B41E7, #E741CD
Triadic#E7AE41, #41E7AE
Split complementary#CDE741, #41E75B
Tetradic#E75B41, #7AE741, #41CDE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF6FE
Lighter +30%#E8C9F8
Lighter +20%#D59CF2
Lighter +10%#C16EED
Darker −10%#981BDA
Darker −20%#7916AC
Darker −30%#59107F
Darker −40%#390A52
More saturated +25%#B629FF
Less saturated −25%#A65CCC

Channel breakdown

R174
G65
B231
Red174 (68.2%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue279.4°
Saturation (HSL)77.57%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 41 · B E7

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