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Recognised as Colour

#AE4C8D

  • #AE4C8D
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#AE4C8D is a magenta with RGB values 174, 76, 141 and HSL 320°, 39%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#AE4C8D#AE4C8D
HEX#AE4C8D
RGBrgb(174, 76, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.298, 0.5529
RGB percentages68.2%, 29.8%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(320.2, 39.2%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(320.2, 56.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK0%, 56.3%, 19%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,422,861
CSS custom property--colour: #AE4C8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.98:1
Contrast with white4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#51B372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#53668Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E768Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B84D66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 22Medium violet red · ΔE 23.4Orchid · ΔE 24.7Hot pink · ΔE 25.5Purple · ΔE 28.5Dark magenta · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4CAE6D
Analogous#9E4CAE, #AE4C5C
Triadic#8DAE4C, #4C8DAE
Split complementary#5CAE4C, #4CAE9E
Tetradic#AE9E4C, #4CAE6D, #4C5CAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EED8E7
Lighter +30%#DEB5D0
Lighter +20%#CF91BA
Lighter +10%#BF6EA4
Darker −10%#8B3C70
Darker −20%#672D53
Darker −30%#441D37
Darker −40%#200E1A
More saturated +25%#CD2D97
Less saturated −25%#8F6B83

Channel breakdown

R174
G76
B141
Red174 (68.2%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue320.2°
Saturation (HSL)39.2%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AE · G 4C · B 8D

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