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Recognised as Colour

#AE4EE5

  • #AE4EE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#AE4EE5 is a violet with RGB values 174, 78, 229 and HSL 278°, 74%, 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

#AE4EE5#AE4EE5
HEX#AE4EE5
RGBrgb(174, 78, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.3059, 0.898
RGB percentages68.2%, 30.6%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(278.1, 74.4%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.1, 65.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK24%, 65.9%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,423,461
CSS custom property--colour: #AE4EE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#51B11A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A7EE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A76D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.8Medium orchid · ΔE 13.7Blue violet · ΔE 18.6Dark violet · ΔE 20.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.6Slate blue · ΔE 28
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#85E54E
Analogous#634EE5, #E54ED0
Triadic#E5AE4E, #4EE5AE
Split complementary#D1E54E, #4EE563
Tetradic#E5634E, #85E54E, #4ED0E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBD3F9
Lighter +20%#D7A7F2
Lighter +10%#C27AEC
Darker −10%#9A22DE
Darker −20%#7B1AB3
Darker −30%#5D1486
Darker −40%#3E0D5A
More saturated +25%#B535FE
Less saturated −25%#A767CC

Channel breakdown

R174
G78
B229
Red174 (68.2%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue278.15°
Saturation (HSL)74.38%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G 4E · B E5

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