Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#AE4EE3

  • #AE4EE3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AE4EE3 is a violet with RGB values 174, 78, 227 and HSL 279°, 73%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#AE4EE3#AE4EE3
HEX#AE4EE3
RGBrgb(174, 78, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3059, 0.8902
RGB percentages68.2%, 30.6%, 89%
HSLhsl(278.7, 72.7%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 65.6%, 89%)
CMYK23.3%, 65.6%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,423,459
CSS custom property--colour: #AE4EE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#51B11C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3D7DE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A76C92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.8Medium orchid · ΔE 12.7Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Dark violet · ΔE 21.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.4Slate blue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83E34E
Analogous#644EE3, #E34ECE
Triadic#E3AE4E, #4EE3AE
Split complementary#CDE34E, #4EE364
Tetradic#E3644E, #83E34E, #4ECDE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFF
Lighter +30%#EAD2F8
Lighter +20%#D6A6F1
Lighter +10%#C27AEA
Darker −10%#9A23DB
Darker −20%#7B1CAF
Darker −30%#5C1583
Darker −40%#3D0E57
More saturated +25%#B534FD
Less saturated −25%#A768C9

Channel breakdown

R174
G78
B227
Red174 (68.2%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue278.66°
Saturation (HSL)72.68%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 4E · B E3

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “ae4ee3” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.